WIT Posts
Posts by authors on Women in Theology.
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Restoration: Women, the Diaconate and My 3-year Prayer
For three years I’ve been sowing prayers. Spreading the desire of my heart, grafting a hope for the church into other people’s prayer lives. It’s a prayer for women to be seen on altars throughout the world – sharing of… Continue reading
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Remembering a Woman of Valor
#BecauseofRHE On Saturday, May 4th, author Rachel Held Evans passed away at the age of 37. For the last ten or so years, Rachel had been a significant voice within the (ex)evangelical Christian community. Through her blog, her books, and… Continue reading
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The Gospel According to Scruffy: Or, Contemplating the Name of Dog
I discovered his name in 2008. I wish I could say that it came to me in a dream or vision, but in fact it came to me in one of those terrible mothering moments you probably should not admit… Continue reading
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Moral Heroism and the “Man of His Time” Defense
If we can’t judge the past, then how can we judge the present? Continue reading
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Fear and Resurrection: “The Fear of the Jews” and its Aftermath
A sermon for Easter 2C, “Thomas Sunday,” on Acts 5:27-32 and John 20:19-31. Preached at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. Continue reading
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Here we are again, or, Why I Venerate the Cross
It isn’t the cross and the blood that is redemptive. It what the cross reveals about God in which we take joy. So, we will repeat the refrain of the first Anthem, we “praise and glorify your holy resurrection; for… Continue reading
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What Does Jon Snow Know? How to be a Privileged Ally
Along with approximately one hundred million other people, this past weekend I excitedly welcomed Game of Thrones back onto my TV screen. I even made a themed pie: While some have chosen to abstain from watching,[1] those of us tracking… Continue reading
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Being Seen
Which is all really just to say this: covering over an icon is like covering the face and eyes of your best friend, of a wise elder, of a comforting confessor, of a partner on the journey. We must see,… Continue reading
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“The Path I Walk, Christ Walks It”
The theologian in me enjoys creative challenges. Like how to craft a cohesive sermon weaving together themes of Celtic spirituality in light of the appointed Sunday readings, with specific focus on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 and Luke 13:31-35, and with an… Continue reading
