by Lanie Anderson | Jul 6, 2017 | Reconciliation
If God is just and longs for his Church to pursue justice, part of pursuing justice in our American context means seeking ways to end racism in all of its forms: from my individual relationships to institutional injustices.
by Lanie Anderson | Jun 15, 2017 | Reconciliation
On the night of his arrest, Jesus went to the Mount of Olives to talk intimately in prayer with his Father, and Luke even wrote that “his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground” as he prayed (Luke 22:44). John’s gospel gives us a detailed...
by Lanie Anderson | Jun 8, 2017 | Reconciliation
I grew up in a white community. My neighbors were white. My friends were white. My church was white. My public school was (very) predominately white. My small world was white. This is far from an attack on the people who surrounded me in my corner of Northeast...
by Lanie Anderson | May 30, 2017 | Faith
I closed the door behind my parents as they left our two-bedroom apartment near campus. Bows and wrapping paper, half-eaten cupcakes, stoles cords, and a tassel sprinkled the living room. I’d gather them later; I just made a beeline to the bedroom. Still in my...
by Lanie Anderson | May 12, 2017 | Relationships
Will and I condensed 4.5 dates of conversations into our first date in 2012. We sidestepped small talk and went straight to things like beliefs about God, personality types, bucket lists, and childhood memories. After attending a basketball game and shutting down a...
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. I am a 25-year-old writer, wife, campus minister, and coffee drinker living my questions in Oxford, MS, and taking note of them here. 
