Red Shoe Pastor

Writings of Rev. Robert Glen Brown (Robby)

A space for compassion and love.

Category: Oddities

  • “Can we try love?” Coloring Sheets

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    This post is mostly useless, but I needed a place to put a PDF file so I could link to it on social media, so yeah, here are some coloring sheets I made over the last couple of days: Feel free to share and download or ignore or whatever. I did give them the Creative Read more

  • Create and Be Loud

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    Counter-cultural art is active resistance — especially when just loving your neighbor is deeply counter-cultural even in the church — so be actively resistant by creating. Do not just rely on others; flood the field with as much love as the powers flood is with cruelty and hate. Read more

  • Creating to be Consumed

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    I realized that I write to be consumed. Much the same way I cook to be consumed and I preach to be consumed. I do these things, offering parts of my heart and soul for other to take and read or hear or eat, to find nourishment or healing or comfort or conviction or whatever… Read more

  • The Internet Sucks

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    This is a rant, pure and simple, and maybe my judgmental asshole side is coming out just a bit too much, but I hate it so much. A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about starting over. I used my physical fitness journey as the setting, but the point — THE ACTUAL POINT Read more

  • A New Day One (Starting Over Sucks)

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    Starting over sucks. A lot. In 2021 I lost twenty-five pounds. I did the things and the other things, and I got down to my high school weight. Then Giselle died, and then we moved. I struggled to get back into a good diet rhythm, but exercise was still working. I started running and got Read more

  • My (Terribly Broken) Creativity Tap

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    The cursor on the screen goes *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* The curser on the screen goes *BLINK* *BLINK* *BLINK* All morning long! Read more

  • Unwelcome Silence

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    It forced me to pause. I had to stop and just sit with her loss, something I did not want to do but I needed to do. Read more

  • I Am Thankful for You

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    Every day I scroll my Facebook feed, seeing faces and memories of times past. I see people who altered the direction of my life, brightened the path when I could not see it, and reminded me why I traveled that path. I see people who made me laugh. I see the poor folks who I Read more

  • Light Roast

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    Do we want people to see “real coffee drinkers” in us or do we want to taste blueberries? Read more

  • Remembering Aunt Darla

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    She was a complete and whole beloved child of God, no need for correction nor fixing. I do not say that she had an easy life – or a pain-free life – but she was beloved exactly as she was. I could not always see that, but I know it to be true. Read more