WGA blog

Coming up on Saturday, April 6th, WGA is hosting a FUNdraiser to help fund all of the various services and programs that we offer. We are having a Story Slam (think poetry slam, but with stories). We are expecting a fun night, hearing from 6 different story tellers...

In my last blog, I shared about the battlefield we are on, having physical bodies and living as “engendered” people. I mentioned that our secular culture prizes slim, beautiful and fit bodies—pretty exclusively. Meanwhile, our Christian culture virtually ignores the...

Editor’s Note: In the past few years, “Queer” has become a label more and more people are identifying with. We asked our friend Beth to share some of her thoughts on the topic and why she now uses the word queer to describe herself. We are often asked about the labels...

I argued previously that reorienting a congregation regarding sin and redemption involves rethinking the concept of sin. First, sin—missing the mark—is fundamentally about degrading our ability to fulfill our God-designed purpose of stewarding creation and reflecting...

Before a church can effectively develop a strategy for dealing with the question of sexual orientation, they must first develop a more robust and comprehensive theology of sin. Most Christians (including church leaders) see sin simply as the breaking of a moral code....

Biology, body image, genetics—how do you feel about your own body? We dwell in some pretty dichotomous cultures when it comes to being an embodied soul and spirit. Secular culture wants us to focus completely on just our body. Take a look at the magazines at the...

I love the clean slate provided by a new calendar. It gives me an opportunity not only to look back, but also to set goals and cast vision for the next 12 months of life. Several years ago, my Bible study leader challenged our group to come up with a word for the...

In part 1, I defined ambivalence and shared a bit of how that looked in my young adult life.  I ended the article by saying that “the resolution of a state of ambivalence is not necessarily a complicated process, but the journey through resolution will wind its way...

“I said I wanted to live in the country and in the city both ….”  “I am neurotic.  I could never settle down in either the country or the city.”  “You could live between them,” Buddy suggested helpfully. “Then you could go to the city sometimes and to the country...