June 2016
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Here’s the Church, Here’s the Steeple, Go to the Gift Shop, and See All the People
As a temporary resident in the European Union, for the past nine months I have visited a large number of Christian churches: medieval churches, modern churches, round churches, churches-turned-Soviet-museum… lots of churches. Like with anything in large quantities, it is… Continue reading
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How a Protestant Seminary Set This Catholic Woman Free
I have spent the last three years in a place where it is normal for women to preach and preside. For Catholics this is far from a given. It was in this context that my own call could rise up… Continue reading
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On Being Born From Above
‘The Fur Queen disappeared, leaving her cape and crown, and the ghost child drifting in the womb of space, the wisps of winter cloud its amniotic fluid, turning and turning with a speed as imperceptible yet certain as the rhythm… Continue reading
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What Would Jesus Brand?
Women in Theology is happy to publish a guest post from Lauren Jones. Lauren Jones is an ordained minister (itinerant elder) in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). She has served in parish ministry for over 10 years. She holds… Continue reading
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What Child is This?
I have heard it said that motherhood is a blessing. And while every child is a miracle, some arrive after longer periods of anxiety and uncertainty. We often don’t hear about struggles with infertility until peering into the soft face… Continue reading
