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Haunted by the Ghosts of Women Past
And today, this is what haunts me. This is what motivates my theological project. I want to look back at these women from history—both the exceptional and the unrecognized—and consider them as theologians in their own right. Continue reading
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Haunted by Haunting
Who and what are we allowing ourselves to be haunted by? How will we let this impact our theological project? How will our theological imaginations be stretched, impacted, reoriented, or haunted by those we are in relationship with? Continue reading
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Weird Politics, Weird Christianity
It’s been a strange couple of weeks in U.S. politics. In late July, Joe Biden unexpectedly ended his presidential re-election campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Not soon after, the word “weird” became a cornerstone of Democratic messaging, primarily… Continue reading
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Experience as a Moral Source: A Two-Part Review of My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy
Part 1: Summary & Analysis Grace Y. Kao’s My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy is a wonderful book. Solidly researched and well-written, Kao provides a much needed resource on the practice and ethics of surrogacy. Anchoring… Continue reading
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Reading the Parable of the Sower
So what if we read the parable of the sower with this frame of privilege in mind…. Continue reading
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Review: Mary Magdalene: A Visual History by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (T&T Clark, 2023)
Today marks the feast day for St. Mary Magdalene, the Apostle to the Apostles. Of all the apostles, Mary Magdalene has undoubtedly been the most fetishized and demonized. Yet she has also been honoured throughout church history as the first… Continue reading
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Resisting the Political Violence of Herod (and others)
Friends, we will be inundated with the violence of Herod. We already are all the time. It’s around us constantly. It is a story that stands in contrast to the story that we are invited to create, a story that… Continue reading
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In the Middle
This morning I walked a labyrinth. Walking into the middle I had the lines “Where is she? where is she, now?” from the song Doubt Comes In echoing in my head. I like to walk labyrinths by myself. Indeed, if… Continue reading
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Concerning Religion and Secularism: A Review
I was immediately drawn to Jonas Atlas’s book by virtue of its title – Religion: Reality Behind the Myths. Too often oversimplifications and unexamined assumptions distort exploration into various religious traditions, including one’s own. While I have discovered a number… Continue reading
