Intro Welcome to the first episode of “What Do They Mean By That?”, the blog series where we learn everything’s made up and none of it matters! On today’s post, we’ll dig into the definition of the word “faith” and have some fun discovering all the ways it is used, misused, and brandished until we … More What Do They Mean By That: Faith Edition
Tish Wilson Hildebrand is a guest contributor for the Thistle. Tish is a wife, mother, grandmother, artist and doula. A native of Montreal who loves big city life, Tish feels most grounded and at peace in her rural Manitoba home. She feels deeply and is a profound encourager as well as a source of honesty, warmth and insight to all who know her. She delights in creativity of all kinds, especially hand-lettering, art journaling, and card-making. Tish finds herself daily in awe of the vastness of God’s love and God’s invitation to draw a wider circle. She has provided a reading recommendation for Prairie Thistle followers. Check it out! … More Kate Bowler’s Antidote for Prosperity Gospel
It’s no secret I read the Bible differently than most people I know. In fact, I took a long break from reading the Bible at all. It took awhile for me to stomach it again and then slowly learn to draw encouragement from it again. It took seeing sacrificial atonement theology in the Christ story … More Midrashim and Fan-Fictioning the Bible: Are We Allowed?
Deb Loewen is a guest contributor to the Prairie Thistle. She hails from southern Manitoba and has no time for closed mindedness. She DOES have time for puzzles, books, gardening, canning, and a glass of wine and healthy conversation surrounding spirituality, leaving things better than you found them, and showing love and acceptance to everyone fumbling their way through this thing called life. Oh, and cats – she runs a private rescue operation and is a Pretty Big Deal around here.
After CShe has provided a reading recommendation for Prairie Thistle followers. Check it out! … More Human Connection after COVID: an Introduction to the Poetry of Donna Ashwood
Starting today, Meta is blocking news for Canadian users on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, as the Canadian Government works out implementation for recently passed legislation which would see social media giants pay for access to news content. From what I understand, the new law passed by the federal government in Canada is intended … More Google, Meta, and the Canadian Government – Oh My
My husband took our oldest daughter to see Barbie yesterday. I even convinced him to wear a pink shirt. 🙂 She was thrilled. And he was… supposed to see Oppenheimer. The original plan was for me and my girls to see Barbie, but when she was under the weather on the original date, we saw … More Barbie and Ken and the Summer Movie that Confused Me
I’m doing some personal writing today and I go hunting for an article I wrote in the past on a different blog post and I COULDN’T FIND IT. Lots of other old content on Sara’s Many Hats remains – all of it, from what I can tell – but THAT specific one? Gone. The title … More I’m Going to the Pride Parade and You Should, Too… Again
I recently learned there’s a stage of life called ‘the hag’. Not maiden, mother, or crone, hag comes somewhere in midlife and fiercely defies anyone’s desire to label her. Beauty, decorum and other (particularly patriarchal) productivity ideals be damned. She is often shunned by patriarchal men, religious fundamentalists, and – surprisingly (or not) and sadly … More The Hag
On April 15, the Shekinah Formation program graduated 10 students as Spiritual Directors and released them into the wild. We weren’t perfect students and we won’t be perfect directors. We were brave, and kind, and even had some fun with each other now and again, didn’t we, guys? After two years, we learned how to … More The Graduation Announcement Post
*CW: spiritual abuse, rape. —
Recently I had the opportunity to watch the movie Women Talking, which was nominated for two Academy Awards and took home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. … More A Review of Women Talking (warning: contains spoilers)
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