As part of my UCC Sacred Conversations to End Racism (SC2ER) class, I collected these resources from online sources. Although I blatantly lifted them, I have cited… Read more “World’s Greatest Anti-Racism, Restorative Justice Resource List”
Category: Books I’m Reading
The Mystery of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 1
Growing up, when I thought about forgiveness–which is ever present in a practicing Fundamentalist Christian’s life–I thought first about God so loving the world that he sent… Read more “The Mystery of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 1”
The Choice to Live Passionately
My Spiritual Formation this week is from What Matters Most: Ten Lessons in Living Passionately from the Song of Solomon by Renita Weems. She takes takes the… Read more “The Choice to Live Passionately”
Intentional Monogamy: Not Your Grandma’s Sexual Ethics
My paper at the 2017 South Eastern Women’s Studies (SEWSA) Conference is Intentional Monogamy in the Age of Tinder: Queer Theology and Re-thinking Christian Sexual Ethics. That… Read more “Intentional Monogamy: Not Your Grandma’s Sexual Ethics”
Spiritual Audacity and Radical Amazement: Rabbi Heschel and Prayer
Spiritual Audacity and Radical Amazement Last week I discovered a document I never knew existed: the manifesto signed by 80 Protestant ministers in Atlanta in November 1957… Read more “Spiritual Audacity and Radical Amazement: Rabbi Heschel and Prayer”
Getting Happy
Somebody I used to know once told me she thought happiness was overrated. I’ve thought about that statement for going on a dozen years now, and I… Read more “Getting Happy”
Alabama the ("Your word here")
Since I decided that my next project would be a place study on my Country South by storying my great-grandmother Jeffreys’ life, I’ve been doing a lot… Read more “Alabama the ("Your word here")”
Just Keep Swimming 