lectionary
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Mary, Martha, and Feminism: Check your systems!
My brother clergy, before you publicly declare as white men that a text isn’t feminist, please, check your system. When the church, and the society in which the church finds itself, isn’t sexist, when we can’t remember a time that… Continue reading
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Catholic Women Preach
Catholic Women Preach launched on All Saints Day 2016, just a few months after I wrote my first WIT post on Mary Magdalene and the preaching of women in the Church. Catholic Women Preach coordinates and makes public the voices… Continue reading
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Taking Seriously the Spirituality of the Child
At times certain theological concerns and interests erupt into my life and refine the trajectory of my thinking, such as an undergraduate course in Catholic Social Teaching, having so captivated my religious imagination that I dropped my biology / pre-physical… Continue reading
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Microaggressions: Olympic-Sized and Otherwise
Like many households of young children, my home buzzes with Olympic enthusiasm these days. With vast imaginations, my daughters soak up – and recreate in our small living room – every Olympic sport they observe. Gymnastics, swimming, soccer, cycling, and… Continue reading
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On Floods and Beauty: A Gospel Reflection Two Weeks after the West Virginia Floods
I experience great joy in listening to the spirituality of the child, in experiencing with them the discovery of life and of God. This summer some children and youth at my parish are growing a small garden, and we are… Continue reading
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Teresa Berger on the Optional Omission of Women
Or, rather, one woman: Anna, the prophet. Teresa Berger (Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity) draws attention to the option created in the Roman Catholic lectionary to omit mention of Anna from Luke’s account of the “Presentation of the Lord,”… Continue reading