Julia
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Practice Resurrection, Eat Together
Jesus is with the disciples before they recognize who he is (sometimes long before they recognize it is him). And this doesn’t just happen once to those who love him, but over and over again. The disciples realize it was… Continue reading
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Remember that you are dust.
We can only identify our own shortcomings if we have taken a long look at ourselves. We can only help our neighbor if we have first taken the time to listen to what she needs. Continue reading
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Preach: God Hears Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 16:1-16 and 21:9-21)
Hagar’s God is a god who helps us to keep our eyes opened wide, if only just to see the next step before us. Hagar’s God didn’t bring her to freedom though a fantastical parting of the red sea. No,… Continue reading
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An original WIT: Hilkert on Heaven
Mary Catherine Hilkert, beloved mentor to many who have worked with this blog and original inspiration for our name “WIT,” was interviewed on All Things Considered last week. Continue reading
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A Mother in Theology
There are some challenges present to dissertating mothers that don’t seem to be present to dissertating fathers. Continue reading
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God in the Storm
This subtle and powerful gift of intimacy with God is what allows for the transformation of suffering and death from an ultimate end into another opportunity for relationship. The storm, though not a test from God, is transformed into another… Continue reading
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Coping with Emotionally Difficult Material
Theologians urgently need to engage the realities of suffering and violence in the world in order for contemporary theology to remain authentic. Yet, this can be an exhausting and disturbing process. Theologians need to have strategies in place in order… Continue reading
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Sexual violence and the church: talking to teens
Instead of repeating over and over again, “Don’t have sex until you are married,” those running the educational time gave the teens a robust guide for sexually appropriate behavior by explaining that sexual intimacy is only one form of relational… Continue reading