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    Category: Christian Ethics

    (Un)Holy Saturday: A Community Lament Psalm

    It is Holy Saturday, God, the day good Christians celebrate Jesus’s body lying in the tomb while his soul descended into hell, the Harrowing of Hell, they… Read more “(Un)Holy Saturday: A Community Lament Psalm”

    April 20, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Louisiana Black Church Fires: A Psalm of Community Lament

    Holy God, we must speak the names. St. Mary Baptist. Greater Union Baptist. Mount Pleasant Baptist. Louisiana smolders. In the names and the smoke our sin is… Read more “Louisiana Black Church Fires: A Psalm of Community Lament”

    April 17, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Missionary Position: The UMC, Sexuality, and the Global Church

    First, I need to acknowledge my white privilege and citizenship in a colonizer nation. Additionally, I am a U.S. Christian in a missionary culture, which has contributed… Read more “Missionary Position: The UMC, Sexuality, and the Global Church”

    April 15, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Till Death?: The Curiously Ethical Question of Intentional Monogamy

    This week’s post is an updating of a one that began as a paper I presented at the 2017 South Eastern Women’s Studies (SEWSA) Conference called Intentional Monogamy:… Read more “Till Death?: The Curiously Ethical Question of Intentional Monogamy”

    April 8, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Thoughts on Prayer Following the Christchurch Massacre

    As I write this, another heinous mass shooting has taken place by white supremacists, this time in New Zealand. Almost 50 of our Muslim neighbors were murdered… Read more “Thoughts on Prayer Following the Christchurch Massacre”

    March 15, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    The Journey Begins

    Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton This is a place for peaceful contemplation inspired by story.… Read more “The Journey Begins”

    November 19, 2018May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    On X-Men and Orlando

    On X-Men and Orlando I’ve been making my family watch a lot of X-men movies this week, as a kind of research project for the new X-Men:… Read more “On X-Men and Orlando”

    June 15, 2016May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana

    The cat hated everybody. Everybody, that is, except me. And Sarah, of course–but she had owned Sarah for seventeen years, so that was to be expected. I… Read more “Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana”

    September 24, 2014May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Bonhoeffer and Psalms

    **Note: This post is a devotional written for a congregational newsletter. I’m putting it here as a repository. So if this kind of writing isn’t particularly your… Read more “Bonhoeffer and Psalms”

    January 24, 2014May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Recovering from Fundamentalism, Part 1

    One of my friends is, like me, a recovering fundamentalist Christian.  She suggested that I might get to the root of my issues, whether about relationships, teaching,… Read more “Recovering from Fundamentalism, Part 1”

    January 12, 2014May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

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