2014

  • The myth of Christian hospitality and theological dialogue: or, ‘it’s a trap, trust me’

    When I first started attending a Christian church, as a young adult, I was taken back with how much ‘hospitality’ talk was bandied about. It became very clear to me that Christian communities placed a high value on the notion… Continue reading

  • Triumph of What?

    As the first week of Great Lent draws to a close, encouragements to persist in the fast increase, and recipes (some of them very tasty) are shared. Fasting for Orthodox is a rigorous practice of virtual veganism for the duration… Continue reading

  • Is Fatherhood A Full-Time Job?

    The discussion about working motherhood continues. Today Professor Beth Haile added her voice to this conversation. Announcing her decision to leave “her other full-time job” as an assistant professor of theology in order to execute her first full-time job as… Continue reading

  • Selfishness, Selflessness, and the Work-Life Balance in Academia

    One of the things that I struggle with in graduate school is finding the work-life balance that allows me to be content with the amount of work that I put in and still take time for myself that allows me… Continue reading

    Selfishness, Selflessness, and the Work-Life Balance in Academia

  • The Film Her: Forget About A.I.–Are Women Ever Subjects?

    Before the upcoming Academy Awards in March, I’m going to offer some observations about Spike Jonze’s hit movie Her, which is nominated for five Oscars (Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Production Design).… Continue reading

  • On Preferential Options

    We prefer division. We prefer it because it’s so much easier to create and sustain communities of (presumably) like-minded people, so that we do not have to be with “them.” – Dn. Nicholas Denysenko Division is always easier than unity.… Continue reading

  • Refusing to Reconcile, Part 2

    This is the 2nd in a 3 part series. Please read the first post, Refusing to Reconcile: Against Reconciliation before commenting on this piece. Refusing Reconciliation, Part 2: Spatiality, Fugitivity, and Blackness as Wild(er)ness The irreducibly spatial positionality of beside… Continue reading

  • Loneliness (and the Academic Life), Part 2: On Belonging (and Against Unity)

    “Loneliness seems to be an essentially human experience. It is not just about being alone. Loneliness is not the same thing as solitude. We can be alone yet happy, because we know that we are part of a family, a… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Parenthood. Partnership. And Ministry.

    The following is a meditative reflection on negotiating the multiple vocations to parenthood, partnership, and ministry from a friend of the blog named Rachel who works as a Christian minister and who raises two children with her partner. You can see… Continue reading