Round Tables
A shared topical conversation
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Why I Write for WIT: Exist / Resist
Summer rhythms of life find me less connected to social media. I consciously choose to escape the virtual world as my family and I ground ourselves in the elements: sunshine and earth, ocean and sand. I spent a surprising amount… Continue reading
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Why I Write For WIT: Release
Writing for WIT has been one part of a greater movement away from hoarding and clutching and toward “generously losing,” or maybe generously sharing, myself. Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: Contributing from My Means
From as far back as my mind can go, to the age of four, I have felt a call by God. This call was magnificent with a voice inviting me to delight in the world as a beloved child of… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: Making space.
When I decided to apply as a WIT contributor, I was struggling a lot (and still am, to some extent) with finding a space where I felt safe to be transparent about my beliefs/doubts/critiques of Christianity and Catholicism specifically. Most… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: Theology as Ministry
At the time I applied to write for WIT, I was just finishing up my master’s degree. I was looking to write for non-academic audiences after four years of intense study that was rewarding but rather insulating. The odd part… Continue reading
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Why I write for WIT: Collaborative Public Theology Matters
I joined WIT in 2013 after writing as an Eastern Orthodox feminist for many years on my personal blog, DeiProfundis. I applied for two related reasons. First, in Eastern Orthodoxy, silence and isolation was a tool to quell dissent. Second,… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: Room to Breathe
I first came across WIT in 2010 at the recommendation of a professor during my MTS. The site caught my attention right away. It was in the earlier days of my academic theological study and the idea that we were… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: The Gender Disparity of Historical Theology
It is this space for women to develop, discuss, and share their ideas that I find so important in WIT. Continue reading
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Women Speak About Natural Family Planning: The Story of a Woman Who Wishes to Remain Anonymous
A married Catholic woman who lives in fear every month waiting for her next cycle to start. Continue reading
