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Let us be Egyptians, Like Shphrah and Puah
This is a sermon given at St David’s Uniting Church, Newtwon, Victoria, Australia, August 23, 2026, based on the reading Exodus 1:8-2:10. Shiphrah and Puah. I have said before that women often don’t get a starring role in the Hebrew… Continue reading
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‘Death of The Pastor’s Wife’
Have you ever known that a man was bad news, but you watched him enter relationship after relationship never saying a word as an unsuspecting new woman becomes part of his life? Maybe you didn’t say anything because of who… Continue reading
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In Memory of Dolly
Dolly Parton has died, and I am bereft. I don’t claim special connection. I don’t even feel I had a parasocial relationship—I know she was special to millions of us, and my heart breaks for the people who were truly… Continue reading
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A Feminist Historical Theologian’s Summer Reading List, Part II: A Review of Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know
It is this idea of the limits to our understanding that I found so fascinating because it connects so well with my feminist historical theology project. Continue reading
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On Good Scholarship: Reflecting on Epistemic Appropriation and Epistemic Responsibility
It’s the summer, the season of reading, writing, and thinking, among other things, for academics. While attempting to resurrect long-dormant writing projects in solitude, I’ve been struck by the collective nature of scholarship. For instance, an upcoming publication has been… Continue reading
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Review: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf, 2026)
Spoiler alert: I have tried not to include any major plot points in this review, but there are some minor spoilers. I’d recommend reading the book itself first! A tradwife influencer wakes up one morning and finds herself thrown into… Continue reading
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The Epistle of the Hebrews and the Ode to Men Who Disliked Women
(Note: this post discusses sexual assault and murder as noted in scripture. Reader discretion advised.) In her text, “Locating Hebrews Within the Literary Landscape of Christian Origins,”[1] Pamela M. Eisenbaum makes a decision that caused me to revisit a familiar… Continue reading
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Toward a Feminist Theology of Caregiving
I was reading a New York Times opinion piece recently, titled “It’s Not Normal to Raise Children Like This.” The article laments the fact that many people in the modern West lack a “village,” people with whom we can share… Continue reading
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Turn left at the dinosaur, and remember to bow to the altar
Last weekend I had the joyful experience of singing Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral. Sandwiched between a stage for a Radiohead tribute band, and the cast of the world’s largest dinosaur, the Titanosaur, on loan from the Natural History Museum, the… Continue reading
