This Incarnate Faith
(Orthodox Icon of Saint Luke) So…Luke 6. Sometimes I don’t know if I get how truly extreme Jesus’ was. This stuff he says is not "nice." It's not nice teaching that builds a nice church with nice wall decals that say nice things. These things he’s saying...they are are keep-you-up-at-night things. Literally, I have lost... Continue Reading →
Between the Dark and the Daylight, Mary Pratt, 2011 AND HERE WE ARE! Number 6 of 6. We’ve heard from 7 women in total. 7 very different women of different ages, different life experiences, different places of work and calling—and all of them looking at their own life and seeing something very valuable. ... Continue Reading →
Supper Table, Mary Pratt, 1969 In this fourth installment of the Everyday Influence project we will hear from Jodi. Jodi is an activist, entrepreneur, retreat facilitator, incredible question asker. Her deep insights really centre in questions of community – human community but also ecology – how every alive thing and process is connected. She... Continue Reading →
Specimen From Another Time, Mary Pratt, 2001 OK!!!! It’s the third! Today we will hear from Beth. Beth is a wife, mom, theologian, a professor, a church leader. She is a tenured prof at Ambrose Seminary. Beth and I (and her husband Jon) met as students at Regent College in Vancouver and to my... Continue Reading →
Hollowed Eggs, Mary Pratt, 1983 Everyday people, doing everyday things, thinking everyday thoughts –this is what shapes the world. In this series of everyday influence, I asked everyday women what influence looks like in their lives. And I got incredible responses from them. This is our second post in this series and here we... Continue Reading →
Smears of Jam, Lights of Jelly by Mary Pratt, 2007 A friend and I were talking in her living room in the last week of summer. My kids were at a camp, hers were playing downstairs in the basement. The conversation rambled as it does when you are with good friends. Soon we found... Continue Reading →
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