The Roofless Church

Category: Friendship

  • On Being A Single Mother In A Married Father’s Body

    Today I came across this post that I wrote for an older blog 3 years ago. With so many different family configurations, I felt that this might be a good post to share again. Recently, I hit a wall with trying to express some of my outlooks on the world when it hit me that…

  • And out of the Silence…Marisa Tomei

    “Marisa Tomei! Hallelujah! Marisa Tomei! Thank you Jesus! Marisa Tomei! Now I can eat. Amen.” What you just read was an approximation of my thoughts just before dinner tonight. I am presently on a retreat for new pastors and today is our day of silence. With the exception of a short session for spiritual direction,…

  • When You Are Among Friends

    Click Here For Audio of  talk given September 2, 2012 You Are Among Friends How many friends do you have?  No really, how many friends do you have?  No I am not talking about all of your so called friends on facebook.  I’m talking about the people you can actually pick up the phone and call.…

  • I Almost Forgot Why I Came Here

    So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:6-8) Beloved, I beg…

  • Sometimes Words Aren’t Enough

    Ever since we returned from Hawaii, I have been trying to put our experience into the perfect words for this blog.  After struggling for weeks, I finally surrendered to the fact that I can’t and embraced that I’ll just have to do the best that I can.  Words are funny things.  They can be used…

  • Live Free or Die

    I’m convinced that whenever we ask questions from the depths of our soul, our lives become about trying to find the answers. For some people it might be something simple like “what career will I have when I get older?” Those people will probably work and work until they find what fits them. Then they…

  • The Life You Were Born To Live

    “Nice parking job,” are the first words I say to my friend Russ after not seeing him for almost thirteen years to the day.  Several months ago we found each other again thanks to a Facebook Linkedin connection combo and now here we are at the Salt Lake International Airport.  Has it really been 13 years?  Why does it feel…