Fellowship of Saints and Sinners http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners Beliefnet Voices...thoughts at the intersection between life and God for anyone converted, unconverted or under conversion Sat, 18 May 2013 10:20:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Saturday Silliness: Alternate Titles for Grace Sticks http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/saturday-silliness-alternate-titles-for-grace-sticks.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/saturday-silliness-alternate-titles-for-grace-sticks.html#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 10:16:06 +0000 Kristina Robb-Dover http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/?p=4204 Leaving Church- more thoughts on this wonderful book later- I picked up Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (Reading Kaling is my way of grieving the departure of my favorite T.V. show, "The Office.") Kaling begins her tome to humor for the sake of it, by listing all of the titles she almost gave her book. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? could have been Sometimes You Just Have to Put on Lip Gloss and...

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]]> Leaving Church- more thoughts on this wonderful book later- I picked up Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (Reading Kaling is my way of grieving the departure of my favorite T.V. show, "The Office.") Kaling begins her tome to humor for the sake of it, by listing all of the titles she almost gave her book. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? could have been Sometimes You Just Have to Put on Lip Gloss and...

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]]> http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/official-release-of-mom-in-the-mirror-today.html/feed/ 0 Renaissance Fair Church http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/renaissance-fair-church.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/renaissance-fair-church.html#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:24:09 +0000 Kristina Robb-Dover http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/?p=4187 Read the full post here »

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]]> http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/renaissance-fair-church.html/feed/ 0 6 Ways To Get People to Leave Church http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/6-ways-to-get-people-to-leave-church.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/6-ways-to-get-people-to-leave-church.html#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 10:52:58 +0000 Kristina Robb-Dover http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/?p=4178 This morning I've been working on a presentation for the hip "Presbyterian Women" of Clairmont Presbyterian; they've asked for some reflections on the crisis of a younger generation steadily "losing its religion" and what the church can do in response. (If you'd like to...

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]]> http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/6-ways-to-get-people-to-leave-church.html/feed/ 0 But For The Love Of A Mother http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/but-for-the-love-of-a-mother.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/but-for-the-love-of-a-mother.html#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 21:17:32 +0000 Kristina Robb-Dover http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/?p=4167 This week, in the days and hours leading up to today's celebration of motherhood:   - both my kids used me as a human napkin without my permission; apparently my shirt makes a good substitute for wet wipes or paper napkins - my son insisted on repeatedly wishing...

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]]> http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/but-for-the-love-of-a-mother.html/feed/ 0 Leaving Church, or, a Church That Doesn’t Leave People? http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/leaving-church-or-a-church-that-doesnt-leave.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/leaving-church-or-a-church-that-doesnt-leave.html#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 09:57:02 +0000 Kristina Robb-Dover http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/?p=4154 These days reading Barbara Brown Taylor's Leaving Church has become a bedtime ritual. The "central revelation" behind this spiritual memoir about a minister who leaves her clerical post to fall more deeply in love with God is this: "that the...

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]]> http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/one-boys-wish-comes-true.html/feed/ 0 Mental Health Break- “Just a Ride” http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/mental-health-break-just-a-ride.html http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2013/05/mental-health-break-just-a-ride.html#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 10:44:57 +0000 Kristina Robb-Dover http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/?p=4143 What was to be Sunday's serenade is now music for a manic Monday: "Just a Ride" by Jem is a reminder that life, much like writing, is a ride with ups and downs. The key is to let go and take it all in stride. Last night I picked up Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird for the first...

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]]> What was to be Sunday's serenade is now music for a manic Monday: "Just a Ride" by Jem is a reminder that life, much like writing, is a ride with ups and downs. The key is to let go and take it all in stride. Last night I picked up Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird for the first...

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