This is the second conversation excerpting from an upcoming book, Just Hear Me Out: Conversations in the Generation Gap, a conversation between Baby Boomers and...
I'm going to be spending some time in September excerpting from chapter two of an upcoming book, Just Hear Me Out: Conversations in the Generation Gap, a conver...
I remember teaching one of my favorite poems, Robert Frost's Mending Wall, to a class of high school students. Its conclusion is less than clear. “Something the...
I am fascinated by insects. Yes, I like them. They are interesting to watch, amazingly varied, and just plain cool. You know the odd thing, though? Add two legs...
“Wrapped now in flesh, the God who once hovered over the waters was plunged beneath them at the hands of a wild-eyed wilderness preacher.”
She got me at the ...
Our church is in a dilemma. Half of the people want to uproot and become a mobile church again (we started that way six years ago), meeting in a school to save ...
Sunday was Easter. Today is Easter. Every day is Easter, from my point of view (and the point of view of some pretty reliable historic sources). True story. Bec...
Having someone challenge you to think about something you take for granted is annoying. You know this is true. You get asked something like, “Why do you always ...
My daughter taught me courage in a high school gym.
Let me explain first, she is a gymnast. Right there, most of you are now saying, “Duh, she did something ...
The cat is on my lap. Again. At first, I attributed it to post traumatic stress disorder because of the veterinarian visit. But it's been a couple weeks, and he...
“If Only I Had Her Verbs! On Jealousy, Creativity, and a Generous God.”
It was the title of a plenary session talk about to be given by Rachel Held Evans at a ...
It takes a lot to get me out of the house in winter. I'm trying to renegotiate the basic human need for food so I can eliminate grocery store trips, but so far ...
Jill Richardson serves as Lead Pastor at Resolution Church in Chicagoland. She has published five books and contributed to others from Lillenas Publishing House and Christianity Today. Favorite topics for writing, speaking, and Facebook ranting include: grace, the terrible messages we send to teenagers, risk taking and fighting fear, communicating with and learning from the Millennial generation, being a Christian in a post-Christian world (without being a jerk), church, writing, missions, and travel. Her MDiv comes from Bethel Seminary in St Paul with an emphasis in theology and preaching, and she is in the midst of a doctorate program at Gordon-Conwell in Leadership in a Changing Church Context. In another age, she also studied English at Washington University. She has an unnatural love for Middle-earth, chocolate marzipan, old musicals, fish tacos, and Earl Grey. She believes in Jesus, grace, restoration, kindness, justice, and the Cubs. Her passion is her tagline: Picturing Faith with the Next Generation. She can be found at jillmrichardson.com.
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