Guest Post
Periodically, WIT publishes posts by friends of the blog. Read them here!
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What: Mental Illness In The Body of Christ
WIT welcomes back Megan Wildwood a third time as a guest contributor. You can find her introduction on her first WIT Guest Post here, and her second post in this series here. Now that I’ve invited everyone to participate in the care of and response to people in our midst who struggle with mental illnesses, just what have… Continue reading
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How Do We Speak of Notre Dame de Paris?
Much has been said the last several days about the historical significance of Notre Dame de Paris. The outpouring of love internationally has proven her to be a space that is not only precious to Roman Catholics and France but… Continue reading
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Hands and Feet
This image of the body of believers as the hands and feet of Christ—or as a cosmic chain of humanity encircled by Christ, rendering directionality moot—is expansive, both deep and wide, and resonant for the 21st century. Note that “yours”… Continue reading
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Marian Dogmas: A Protestant Re-Construction
WIT again welcomes guest poster Sarah Elizabeth Smith. Sarah’s bio can be found at the top of her first post with us here. I lead monthly pub theology meetings for my church in Oklahoma City. We are an Episcopal community… Continue reading
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Opening Church Files on Sexual Abuse is a Ministry of Reconciliation
Reconciliation, like unity, doesn’t require that we agree about everything, only that we enter into an agreement of accountability that allows us to follow our own chosen paths to peace within the body of Christ or in relation to the… Continue reading
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Buen Camino: On the Way Home to my Own Body
Reflecting back to those spaces, when my senses were especially attuned, I am reminded of the Good News that God has had for me as a Catholic woman on pilgrimage and for women everywhere–surprising, incredible news that continues to sink… Continue reading
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Who and How: An Invitation
WIT welcomes back Megan Wildwood as a guest contributor. You can find her introduction on her first WIT Guest Post here. “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the… Continue reading
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An Introduction to Mental Illness in a Theological Context
WIT welcomes MeganWildhood as a guest contributor. Megan is a creative writer, scuba diver and saxophone player working at a crisis center in Seattle,WA. Her poetry chapbook, LongDivision (Finishing Line Press), is about sororal estrangement and she’s currently working on a novelnarrated… Continue reading
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Towards an Ethic of Sacramental Relationality
WIT welcomes Sarah Elizabeth Smith as a guest poster. Sarah is a theologian, teacher and coach at Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City, OK. She is in the ordination process in the Episcopal Church Diocese of Oklahoma and leads Pub… Continue reading
