by Kelli Donley | Nov 18, 2009 | Faith, Journal
This weekend, theologian Matthew Fox came to lead a three-day series of workshops and lectures at my church. Now, before you stop reading because I used the words “theologian” and “church,” I promise this isn’t going to be some...
by Kelli Donley | Nov 10, 2009 | Community, Faith
A very sweet woman from my church passed away last night. She was nearly 93 and had been attending Asbury for more than 50 years. She and her husband visited Israel on vacation int he 1970s and brought back a date as a gift for the church. Today, the palm looks like...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 7, 2009 | Domestic Art, Faith, Happy Hippie
I am newly in love with an acoustic group called “Bonobo” — yes, like the monkeys who define aggressively sexual behavior. The group is so very good and I’ve found I’m working at a different pace as they play along each morning. I am also...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 20, 2009 | Faith, Happy Hippie, Media, Travel
This week’s Speaking of Faith is an interview with Irish poet John O’Donohue. In his last book, Anam Cara, he writes: “It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 7, 2009 | Faith, Journal, Media
This week’s Speaking of Faith focuses on the practice of yoga and connecting spiritually during practice. I had heard this episode before and enjoyed listening to it again now that I am regularly taking yoga. Seane Corne described getting out of a life of drugs...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 30, 2009 | Faith, Journal, Media
This week’s Speaking of Faith discussed one African’s view of foreign aid. Specifically, Binyavanga Wainaina is angry with the way Kenyans have been portrayed in international media and how Africans in general are thought of as poor, dying orphans. He...
