Pam's Recent Blog Posts

Uncat­e­go­rized Ink

December 27, 2012

My blog has been quiet for weeks. Work. Art. The holidays. Life. Blogging kept getting pushed further back on my to-do list. In the absence of blogging I have rediscovered the art of journaling. I have journaled volumes from the time I was a teenager. Since the onset of the digital revolution, I have journaled little. Instead, I have blogged, which has given me a wonderful outlet for writing as well as connecting with others, something my journal has never been able to provide. Writing is a s>>>

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1000 Unla­dy­like Books

December 9, 2012

I know I’ve been offline a while– Christmas, art fever and Life– but I just has to get the word out you about Unladylike. 40% OFF THIS MONTH ONLY! The print copy is now available for only $8.99! We’ve been wanting to offer the Kindle version for 50% off, but for some mysterious reason, we cannot get Amazon to reset the price. I will keep you posted about that. As an indy writer, I work hard spreading the word about Unladylike, my first book whose message is to challenge>>>

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Church Yet

November 30, 2012

I love church Yet my faith is free of church Church informs my faith Yet church does not. I am free from The Church Yet I Am The Church. How about you? What are your yets? Are you dechurched, unchurched, rechurched….done with Church? (collage art by Me)

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Where Have I Been? Art­ing it Up!

November 27, 2012

I have neglected my blog the past 10 days and not just because of our American Thanksgiving holiday — I have been having hot flashes of creativity. My writing cave has become an art studio lately with me in the grip of collage fever. Sometimes people ask if my art is for sale. I have sold a few pieces over the years, but it’s usually by happenstance. Like many creative people, I am more interested in the creative process than in attempts at marketing. I started doing collage art ab>>>

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Are Chris­t­ian Women Like Me Whiners?

November 15, 2012

I am not a non-essential doctrine. Neither are you. We are breathing, living representatives of the Creator whom I call God."Why not just leave and find a church that does practice equality and let go of all this hollering?" some have asked. "Why focus your energy on this?"

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You are the Universe

November 13, 2012

I love to do collage art. Especially lately. In my writing cave I have an assortment of art supplies, of old magazines and scrapbooking paper bundles, of distress inks and paints and glaze and ephemera galore. Last night I had a spot of time, and with my renewed rigor to take care of my soul, I gave that time to myself to create.I never know which direction a collage will take me. I don't know how it will look when it's done and if you asked me, "What are you making?" I'd answer, "I don't know 'til I'm done."

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HERetic of the Week : Jesus

November 9, 2012

Jesus was a heretic in how he treated women. He was considered heretical for other things too—like claiming to be the Son of God—but I choose Jesus as my HERetic of the Week because of his counter-religious engagement with women in the temple and women in the culture.

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Wel­come to my cor­ner of the great big wilder­ness known as cyber­space. There are hun­dreds of thou­sands of blogs and sites to stum­ble upon, yet here you are, hav­ing landed in my cor­ner of the world­wide web. (Yay!!)

Stay awhile. Check out my blog cat­e­gories for some­thing that might inter­est you. I write a lot on issues of faith, cul­ture, jus­tice as well as cre­ativ­ity and wom­an­hood. Blog­ging is the place where I try ideas out in pub­lic. My writ­ing cave is where I write from my home in Port­land, Oregon.

Writ­ing for a change… is my tagline because I believe in the power of the writ­ten word. It is my mis­sion in life to be the most effec­tive writer I can be for the sake of oth­ers. May my words leave the vir­tual and con­crete worlds in a bit of a bet­ter state than how I found them.

Writ­ing for a change…