Hi ~My Here's the Joy emails (aka Tiny Untwistings) go out almost every Sunday.This Sunday I've been at the Called to Peace retreat for women survivors of abuse and those who help them. It's been a blessed time with over 400 Jesus-loving women togeth...

Hi ~Blessed Advent to you! It may seem odd that on almost-Christmas Eve I'm sending you a message about grieving.I remember, though, the many who are alone or missing loved ones at this family time, primarily because of being rejected, excommunicated...

Hi ~In Untwisting Scriptures that were used to tie you up, gag you, and tangle your mind: Book 2 Patriarchy and Authority, I quoted a song at the end of chapter 5.That's the chapter entitled “To Those in ‘Biblical Patriarchy’: Return to God.”At the e...

Hi ~In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, I've grieved along with many Americans. Of course, like you, I didn't agree with him on everything, and on a few things I disagreed with him strongly. But he was a young man of hope and goodwill. I appreciated...

Hi ~Friday was my 68th birthday. (Yes, it was happy, thank you. We spent the day with our four-and-three-quarters-year-old granddaughter Phoebe and then went to our daughter's house for a birthday supper and games.)Today I'm posting my traditional bi...