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    Category: Fundamentalist Christian

    Religious Liberty in the U.S. and cat pictures

    I ran across this paper I wrote for a Religious Liberty class at McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University. I didn’t think it was half bad, so… Read more “Religious Liberty in the U.S. and cat pictures”

    November 19, 2020 by Ugena Whitlock

    Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering

    Today is June 19th, Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when news of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier finally reached enslaved persons in Texas.… Read more “Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering”

    June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Alabama Gilead: The Beguiling of Conservative Women

    for Jenny Nixon Last weekend, I attended the National Gathering of the Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ, a denomination with a history of social… Read more “Alabama Gilead: The Beguiling of Conservative Women”

    June 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Inflaming the Christian Right: Franklin Graham, Pete Buttigieg, and Changing Our Mind

    It should come as no surprise that they’re coming for Pete Buttigieg. He’s smart, frank, funny, personable, courageous~~everything in a politician that would constitute a threat to… Read more “Inflaming the Christian Right: Franklin Graham, Pete Buttigieg, and Changing Our Mind”

    April 29, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    (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

    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”

    March 30, 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 Curious State of Being “Called”

    Maybe at some point in your life you have been called by God for some purpose. If you have and you realize it, all I can say… Read more “The Curious State of Being “Called””

    December 3, 2018April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle

    When I was in fifth grade at Littleville Elementary School, something magical happened. One day, our teacher announced that the band teacher from the nearby high school… Read more “Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle”

    November 3, 2014April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

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