With Strange Fire

Category: Church

  • Sounds of (Non) Freedom

    Recently I had a church member of my husband’s church ask me why I could not commit to the church and fully embrace the teachings. My answer was vague and slightly comedic to this true believer. I deflected hard. Why? Because there is simply no reasoning with many at this place that describes itself as…

  • Do Mothers “Use” Baby Rooms to Avoid Sermons?

    Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer and originally published at No Longer Quivering Patheos on February 7, 2018 This morning I was over at Tim Bayly’s Out of Our Minds War Horn archives looking for one of his many focused on hyper masculinity pieces because I’d found a hyper masculinity graphic that is too good not to…

  • Plainly Difficult

    Over the years one of the things I’ve loved the most about my faith has been the turning of the liturgical year. In my old church I was the one that decorated for every holiday. On Easter draping the large cross behind the pulpit with rich and lavish purple cloth I’d ironed smooth. With preparing…