By Amy Butler Somebody at breakfast warned me about the Batu Caves, huge caves home to a Hindu holy place. The darkness there is too heavy, the feelings of oppression and fear too great: you won’t like it there, she…
It’s my life
By Amy Butler What am I meant to do with my life? What am I called to do? What is the deep and real meaning and purpose of my life — my destiny, the reason I was created in the…
The truth about the church
By Amy Butler On Facebook this week some members of my church posted this phrase they saw on a church sign: “Visitors Welcome. Members Expected.” Another church member commented: “Pastor Amy would love this.” It’s true: I do. That Facebook…
The end of the world as we know it
By Amy Butler Well, another Rapture prediction has come and gone and I don’t know about you, but I’m still here. This time, everybody seems to be talking about it, from conservative Christian friends, to non-believers, to my friends who…
Learning the language of the soul
By Amy Butler Language study, I understand, comes with ease to some people. I have great admiration for and not a small amount of jealousy toward people who can pick up a new language with ease and flair. I recently…
Lessons in leadership from Osama bin Laden
By Amy Butler Opportunities for debate and discussion have skyrocketed in the wake of this week’s news reports of the death of Osama bin Laden. Right after the news broke, it seemed to me that everyone on Facebook had a…
Not-so-bad Friday
By Amy Butler The weather is finally beginning to be a little balmy around here, enough for me and most of my neighbors to spend evenings with our windows open. The other night happened to be the first night of…
Meatless and mindful
By Amy Butler Perhaps this only occurs in pastors’ households, but there has been a lot of recent conversation in my house about giving things up for Lent: What one considered giving up for Lent, what one decided to give…
‘Recalculating!’
By Amy Butler I have a very complicated relationship with the GPS satellite navigation system in my car. On the one hand, I find that the GPS is becoming more and more critical to my sanity, if not my very…