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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

    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

    (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

    Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)

    This week a group of us from Pilgrimage United Church of Christ (PUCC) went to the 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony in Atlanta. Transgender Day of… Read more “Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)”

    November 26, 2018April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    God Laughs, or Fun with Bell’s Palsy

    You make your plans, and God laughs. That’s what happened to me over the weekend. Let me go back, though, and start with discovering the Atlanta Freedom… Read more “God Laughs, or Fun with Bell’s Palsy”

    March 16, 2017May 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

    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

    The Gay Agenda, Or, The Zoo and Me

    First of all, let’s just get it out there: there IS a gay agenda. Sort of. But it’s probably not what you’re thinking. When anti-gay people speak… Read more “The Gay Agenda, Or, The Zoo and Me”

    October 15, 2014November 21, 2018 by Ugena Whitlock

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