tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594523845244918782024-03-04T23:52:30.537-08:00The Virtual Abbess...shared thoughts for my companions along The Way.AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-11459297590665312022020-10-19T11:00:00.001-07:002020-10-19T11:00:05.237-07:00Abi's 13th Blogiversary!Well...here we are with another two-year skip! 👀 Even for your wee purple abbess, the past two years have been something else all together...but it seems appropriate that I would choose 2020 -- the Purple Year -- for returning to blogging. 💜 So many things have happened in the past two years...so many things have happened in the past 13 years! I am a very different person in so many AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-81475892113526058252018-10-19T01:00:00.000-07:002018-10-19T01:00:03.460-07:00Abi's 11th Blogiversary!Greetings from your wee purple abbess!
It has been a long two years since my last wee post, acknowledging my 9th Blogiversary ... and there is no way to even begin to catch you up on what's been happening.
I am making very slow progress, but I do see progress, as I work to make my brain and body stronger and more resilient. Lots of changes happening, with more coming! My AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-58148862260608511832016-11-30T13:35:00.000-08:002016-11-30T13:35:49.405-08:00Abi's 9th Blogiversary* * * * * * *
Well...it is sad to say that my last post was on the 8th anniversary of my blog! I missed October 19, 2016 ... and the rest of 2016. It has been quite a year, in the midst of quite a decade. I have not sat at my computer much this year. Been busy breathing and living one day at a time. Maybe someday I'll talk about the past year. Maybe not. Time will tell.
In theAbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-8948787929256811132015-10-19T19:47:00.002-07:002015-10-21T09:58:57.822-07:00Abi and The Last Synchroblog....
This post is part of the Final Synchroblog. I have not always participated, but it has been a blessing to do so when able. The October 21, 2015 Synchroblog invites bloggers to imagine what they would say if they were writing their last blog post.
Update: 10/21/15 ... the first release of links for other participants is found at the bottom of this post. I have a AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-54054423705115271502015-04-14T23:08:00.000-07:002015-04-14T23:08:15.849-07:00Abi ponders Deb's book, Redeeming Sex
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Redeeming
Sex, by the fabulous Debra Hirsch, is a book whose time has come. And it really is about time!
This
book is one of those that everyone must read. Probably more than once. Then process it with someone else. Perhaps with one person, perhaps in a
small group. Each of us have experienced books that cause us to
shift. This is one of them.
But be prepared for itAbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-55104162141675061572015-02-25T09:28:00.003-08:002015-02-25T09:28:44.564-08:00Abi and the February 2015 Synchroblog -- Renewal
The Links for the Synchroblog are up...but will be updated, so I'll be back to add more later!
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The day after Epiphany, January 6, 2015, I picked up The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck, M.D. Something had triggered a thought from that AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-43269475996782294582015-01-06T13:42:00.000-08:002015-01-06T13:42:32.204-08:00Abi's Ephiphany...9 Years LaterNine years ago, I had an Ephiphany ephiphany...I had a vision on January 6, 2006, (with words, if that makes any sense) of a community I came to call CovenantClusters. I had been trying to take a much needed nap (chronic exhaustion being the normal state of an elderly mother of three young boys). But instead of sleep, ideas -- actually, words -- intruded. These words were so AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-80687350397528599842015-01-04T18:54:00.000-08:002015-01-04T18:54:05.909-08:00Abi Ponders Perichoretic cHesed...again!My new Facebook friend, James Paul, asks great questions. I am wanting to learn to ask better questions myself so I appreciate hanging out with him on FB...this was the question he asked:
Flat HierarchyAre flat hierarchies tenable in the real world? The Superbowl XLVIII Champion Seattle Seahawks think so ... Danny O'Neil, Mike Salk and Dave Grosby discuss the outlier relationship between coach AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-25514533836505352662015-01-03T01:22:00.001-08:002019-08-01T09:12:21.499-07:00Abi and The Dones....Update on 8/1/19: here's the link to Josh's book Church Refugees. And here's the link to Wayne Jacobsen's book Beyond Sundays, which is an important response to Packard's book.
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I have been following the Facebook page of Josh Packard, as well as his (link updated 8/1/19) website concerning those he calls the dechurched. Yesterday and today he linked AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-91043595151449002742014-12-31T14:31:00.001-08:002014-12-31T14:31:21.615-08:00Abi's New Year's Eve ReflectionsA Facebook post by Sarah Bessey asked for a word or phrase to sum up the year. What popped into my head was: Preserved to Persevere.
These were the words whispered into my heart earlier this year when I pondered the reason for so many horrific injuries, accidents and trauma visited on me (any my family) over the past 20 years, with an emphasis on the past five.
I had been preserved.AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-6328662688380335072014-12-06T23:59:00.001-08:002014-12-06T23:59:49.069-08:00Abi's Advent -- Week One...so, I was gone Sunday through Friday night late for the entire first week of Advent...the week where we talk about longing...longing for the Savior to come and make things right, bringing justice and righteousness.
I spent this week longing as well. Longing for this week of intensive neurological therapy to restore balance to my battered brain. It was a lot of work, but the good AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-55701940952618462032014-11-18T11:28:00.003-08:002014-11-24T17:06:01.944-08:00Abi and November's Synchroblog: Spiritual Abuse and Redemption
Updated update! Kathy Escobar chimed in...better late than never, indeed!
Update! Scroll down to the bottom for the links for the rest of the posts....
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Hmmm...I have found it a bit challenging to write about a topic that still actively triggers me, but I have had a look at it from a couple perspectives lately, so here goes. This post is part of November's AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-10007223589305764732014-11-16T12:32:00.000-08:002014-11-16T12:32:41.250-08:00Abi's "One Sentence Summary"I am always fascinated by the pathways the Spirit leads me down! Today's led me to the blog of Andrew Perriman, to whom I was introduced during the work of producing Wikiklesia, Volume One: Voices of the Virtual World.
Anyway, I found my way to this post, which I found interesting. The challenge was to capture the message of the Bible in one sentence. So I decided to make a wee attempt [AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-53224495325372256272014-11-13T15:26:00.000-08:002014-11-13T15:26:32.311-08:00Abi and the Already/Not Yet ParadoxOne of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the way something deep and important is revealed to me by the Spirit, but it takes another 20 years for me to "get" it. More than just that, the process of "getting it" usually involves coming to the point where I just don't believe it anymore. It is as if what was first revealed was a taste of the truth...but the context of my AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-25543346493121201302014-07-28T11:37:00.000-07:002014-07-28T11:37:00.465-07:00Abi and the Great Library....Well, I was trying to post a comment to RJS's wonderful post over at Jesus Creed today...but it got lost. Sigh. So, I decided to write it all down here instead and just link back to it in the comment.
The gist of the post, which you really should go and read first...go ahead, I'll be here when you get back...is the unfortunate tendency to put God and Science in different rooms, or AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-36781628264516524692014-06-17T01:40:00.001-07:002014-06-18T14:47:02.004-07:00Abi and June's Synchroblog -- From Peggy...To PeggyUpdate: The Synchroblog Links are up and added at the end!
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This post is part of June's Synchroblog, where we were invited to travel back in time to
the “You” of 10 or 20 years ago and tell yourself something you know now
but wish you had known then
This is not as easy as one might think...given the Temporal Prime Directive, and all. My post title is a reference AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-78388962485860458712014-05-22T21:19:00.000-07:002014-05-22T21:19:29.020-07:00Abi ponders privilege and purpose....There has been something that keeps coming back to me these past few months, as I have been pondering patriarchy and the purpose of God. It is something that one of my college professors, Dr. Knofel Staton, used to just hammer into us: Privilege is given for a purpose. If the purpose is abandoned, the privilege is no longer valid.
God called Abram to be the Father of the HebrewAbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-77485549721735121882014-05-21T12:43:00.000-07:002014-05-21T12:43:59.903-07:00Abi links to a great post which asks: Is God Male....Friends, you must simply take the time to read this beautiful post--shared on their Facebook page by the wonderful folks at The Junia Project: Is God Male or Masculine?
I have written posts about patriarchy and accommodation and about pondering the Spirit as the Grand Mother. This post is an important background document to flesh out what I have so imperfectly tried to say in AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-24515736145805086632014-05-19T23:15:00.000-07:002014-06-10T22:59:27.940-07:00Abi and May's Synchroblog..."What the hell?"Update 6/10/14 -- interesting chart over at Jesus Creed. Why am I not surprised that I don't seem to fit any of the options?
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Update 4/25/14 -- added another blogger at the bottom...
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This post of part of May's Synchroblog. Please see the listing of other bloggers at the bottom of this post, and take the time to read the variety of responses with as muchAbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-24434505253867134642014-05-05T14:11:00.001-07:002014-05-05T14:11:02.918-07:00Abi redefines and refocuses the controversy....
I have mentioned before that I'm not really comfortable with the terms currently used in the debates. I have had my synthesizing hat on for the past few years, looking to see if I could get my brain about things enough to describe what I have come to understand about the foundational issues that underpin the controversy.
Some of the key players in my thinking these past 20+ years include:AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-23576642571056153822014-04-21T15:11:00.002-07:002014-04-24T00:42:47.986-07:00Abi and April's Synchroblog: Bridging the DividesUpdated update! The last stragglers have been added to the list. I hope you wander through these thoughtful posts...take your time, they're not going anywhere! ;^)
Update! The list of the other participants in this Synchroblog are listed at the bottom of the post....
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It is always a miracle when I am able to participate in the Synchroblogs of my friends ...AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-37552504274211696432014-04-01T13:26:00.000-07:002014-04-01T13:26:47.936-07:00Abi ponders the roots of sin....With gratitude to Mont Smith, Scott Bartchy, Scott Peck, Alan Hirsch, Paul Young, Wayne Jacobsen, Penelope Wilcock, Baxter Kruger...and so many others who have challenged my thinking. Thanks be to God....
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I have come, over the past 20 years, to believe that understanding sin requires that we back up and understand the primary will of God...so that we see clearly the target that AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-28270459659109776982014-03-25T14:48:00.003-07:002014-03-25T14:48:29.812-07:00Abi and the Fabric of Accommodation
Inspired by Kate’s post at
The Junia Project and a brilliant spin off post on how racism
and patriarchy are cut from the same cloth….
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Back in the spring of 1997, I watched a riveting speaker
rebuke the folks at TBN – from TBN’s stage.
I don’t remember his name or the response, but I’ll never forget what he
said. The bottom line of his rebuke that
spring afternoon AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-24825331820788051012014-03-19T23:23:00.000-07:002014-04-15T20:47:56.627-07:00Abi's Graphic Wound...be forewarned!Update! On April 11th, I was back at the "scene" with my youngest son -- and had him take pictures of the log (which is about 4' long) with a close up of the infamous "stump" that did the damage...that's his hand (which is the same size as mine) there to show you just how big that sucker is! I am in the midst of Week 10...and the healing sure seems slow! Months more to go....
AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359452384524491878.post-70516347078466106952013-12-22T22:21:00.000-08:002013-12-22T22:21:33.493-08:00Advent with Abi -- Peace as Relational RealityPeace ... what longing there is for peace everywhere. And yet there seems to be so little peace -- in families, in marriages, in politics, in schools, in neighborhoods, in churches, in relationships, in countries, in the world.
My little corner of the world has struggled to find peace for too many years to count. It seems that strife and heartache and brokenness overwhelms all.
But that has AbiSomeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08541511210479882916noreply@blogger.com2