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Bare Tribe: [About]

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Hey there. I'm Britney and this little blog space is my constant work-in-progress experiment. I've called it "Bare Tribe" because it's our story, the story of our tribe, but also because I'm learning to. Tell the naked truth. The truth is that we are wanderers in so many ways. We are people that believe in milk and honey and all of God's promises, and yet we are a people with our bare feet still in this hot, earthy sand. I feel like every day is a lesson in manna. And when our stories allign?

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Bare Tribe: Rust

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Dec 11, 2015. I had to disappear for a while. I had to slip away into a quieter season that asked for nothing more than two kids in bed at night and two cups of coffee in the afternoon. The internet can be such a loud place, and you ever feel like engaging it somehow invites noise into your own brain? I needed hush. I needed to get comfortable with those silent, sacred spaces without always needing to talk them out. Other people. I'm still oh-so-unsure of the Why and the How and especially the When.

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Bare Tribe: That Itching Instinct // Lessons in Quiet, Pt. 2

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Jan 20, 2016. That Itching Instinct / Lessons in Quiet, Pt. 2. Its hard to curb an instinct. Hard to curb an instinct that you're not even sure exists inside of you. And yet. when I tried to recreate that late night, wide-open chasm of Quiet. In my daytime hours, I found it almost excruciatingly hard. I quickly realized that there was a big difference between the quiet I was used to (with its books and sermons and Spotify channels) and this new, more pure, complete. Quiet I was experimenting with. Withou...

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Bare Tribe: In Which I'm the Bad Mom at the Park

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Jun 2, 2014. In Which I'm the Bad Mom at the Park. The whole mess probably started with overly-high expectations. (I've found most of my parenting meltdowns do.) It was a gorgeous Seattle day with no plans weighing it down and no pregnancy exhaustion holding me back. I heaved Annika's little bike into the back of our SUV and headed to a perfect neighborhood park. Even Banjo was invited, that's how confident I felt. But- enter the unexpected problem: a hill. A bump. I can't do the hill," she said. But we ...

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Bare Tribe: The Night He Came (Michael's Birth Story)

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Jul 8, 2014. The Night He Came (Michael's Birth Story). Annika came early- five days before her due date. We assumed Michael, being the second child, would do at least the same. ( Are all the parents with two children laughing? So when I hit 39 weeks, my brain and body both checked DONE and we all held our breath with expectation. Any moment now! Finally, I started thinking about my options. My induction. It just wasn't the kind of story that I liked best or wanted for myself, so it seemed wrong and a li...

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Bare Tribe: [Archives]

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Click on the image to see all posts. Tagged in each category. Posts in each topic are listed by title. Always Take Candy from a Stranger. Tough Little White Girl. What I've Learned from the Homeless Women of Seattle. Wild Honey for Wild People. Of Jumper Cables and Helpmates. Detox from my Addiction. Chop Your Wood and Burn it too. Putting the House to Sleep. Playing the Scales of my Salvation. That Time I Smoked Weed. A Mountain in the Desert. Come Hell or High Water. There is Such a Thing.

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Bare Tribe: The Story of Us Right Now

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Nov 2, 2014. The Story of Us Right Now. There are so many ways in which life is hard to describe these days. It's fun to try. And describe it, and I often write mini-blogs in my head as I go about the day (or night) doing all the million little things that fill my existence right now. But its all so blurry. Even now, four months after Michael was born. It's all so slow and uneventful, and yet our worlds and souls are changing, right there under the surface. They are me and Josh, in this together, laughin...

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Bare Tribe: Brokenness and Bravery (Thoughts on Race and Racism)

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Sep 16, 2014. Brokenness and Bravery (Thoughts on Race and Racism). When Michael Brown was killed, the internet exploded. There was such a profound, emotional response to all the issues that his death brought to light and I (like I'm sure everyone did) ended up reading a lot of articles and opinion pieces in the aftermath. I wanted to know the true things. I wanted to feel the right. Things. I still do. Some of what I have read has been. America is largely made up of immigrant families and their. So it s...

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Bare Tribe: Five Weeks Alone // Lessons in Quiet, Pt. 1

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Dec 22, 2015. Five Weeks Alone / Lessons in Quiet, Pt. 1. Once upon a time (about three months ago), my husband called from work to say that Boeing wanted him in Miami for five weeks and if he said yes, he'd be leaving, for five weeks, in about 3 days. And he'd be gone the whole time. for five weeks. And then calling my mom and. Asking politely for a visit from Grandma during his time away. As long as my wheels were spinning in the everyday routine, I felt pretty normal. But at the end of the day, when m...