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    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

    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

    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

    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

    (An) Embodied Prayer

    Two words concerning prayer life resonate with me this week: intention and attention. I sometimes fret about my prayer life, especially when I hear my fellow seminarians… Read more “(An) Embodied Prayer”

    March 22, 2019April 16, 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

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