Journal — Sara Billups

Loving yourself includes loving your body

God wants to renew all of us, including our bodies

Christianity, cultureSara BillupsJanuary 7, 2020body image, body positivity, guilt, church, intuitive eatingComment

On #wakeupolive

After #wakeupolive, we have more questions than answers. Let’s ask them together in full hope for an awakening of our hearts, and the church.

Christianity, cultureSara BillupsDecember 28, 2019#wakeupolive, bethel, healing, resurrection, travailing prayer Comments

On Homegoing

When you go home — for the holidays or whenever — is it comforting or disorienting? Or if you live in the place where you grew up, is there a feeling of potential or unease?

ChristianitySara BillupsDecember 16, 2019home, holidays, nostalgia, joseph, jesus, mary, censusComment

You Don’t Have to Deconstruct

Let’s talk about the marketization of deconstruction.

culture, ChristianitySara BillupsNovember 19, 2019deconstruction, christianity, exvangelical, #churchtoo, trump, capitalism, marketComment

Really Good News

Is there a different path in Christian publishing?

Joshua Harris and the Rest of Us

When you're a public person you have power, and what you say bears influence.

Visioncasting, 2019

Let’s make room at the table for Christians and encourage each other to take a seat.

Christianity, cultureSara BillupsJuly 25, 2019religious right, Christian culture, politics, churchComment

Notes From Midlife: The Pressing

Midlife is where disappointments are not theoretical. You can’t go under, you can’t go over, you have to go through.

ChristianitySara BillupsJune 25, 2019midlife, faith Comments

Genuinely Courageous Faith

Let’s invest in community that’s not afraid to talk it out. Even when it’s incredibly uncomfortable.

Christianity, culture, seattleSara BillupsJune 13, 2019christian community, church, Christian cultureComment

What We Earn, Financial Makeovers, and Self-Worth

Gratitude helps us loosen our grip in a culture where we’re wired to compare.

Christianity, cultureSara BillupsMay 29, 2019money, income, gratitudeComment

Me vs. Instagram Me

Building an online persona is complicated. Here's what I've learned so far.

The Celeb-ification of Church

Spirituality is a business, and by buying in we’re participating in the narrative that we have the power to customize our spiritual paths.

culture, ChristianitySara BillupsMay 1, 2019church, urban Christianity, kanye west

Making Home a Hallowed Space

Blessing rooms, chalking doors, and setting crooked places straight

Christianity, ResourcesSara BillupsApril 23, 2019blessing, home, tsedek, door chalkingComment

The Meaning of the City

To serve Seattle, we’re first called to love it. And that’s complicated.

Christianity, culture, seattleSara BillupsApril 9, 2019urban Christianity, Christian culture, Seattle ChristiansComment

The Church of the Perpetually Burned Out

The market tells us our worth is based on how much we produce and what we buy, and it’s no wonder we’re tired. Does the Christian tradition offer an anecdote?

Hi, I'm Sara, and I'm a Christian

In an era where everybody has a brand, should we control when to reveal the most central part of our identities?

An Examen for the Ordinary Hard

The Examen creates margin for God to meet us in the middle of business as usual.

Resources, ChristianitySara BillupsFebruary 26, 2019The Examen, spiritual direction, examen for childrenComment

The liberation of belonging

Let’s declare a moratorium on mentally separating faith life and public life.

Christianity, culture, seattleSara BillupsFebruary 19, 2019patti smith, music, seattle, Christian culture Comment

Love that unpapers the windows of the house

With little social capital left to spend, is there a way for Christians to embody a new, full identity?

That time we heard our story as American Christians in Edinburgh’s long light

For anybody hard-pressed to reconcile faith in American culture, this one’s for you.

podcast, culture, seattle, ChristianitySara BillupsJanuary 31, 2019podcastComment