Two articles and a podcast are coming at you: one facing how our complicity in White Supremacy separates us from the full life God promises. Another is about two of my favorite things: bodies and summertime. As you can imagine, when these two collide, sometimes it's glorious and other times it's disastrous. And finally a prayer podcast. A prayer-cast, if you will. Enjoy!
Are People Doing the Best They can?
I was listening to this podcast of Russell Brand interviewing Brené Brown (pause for head-scratching reaction.) Indeed, it seems that Russell Brand is quite a cogent and sensitive thinker... who knew? And of course you *know* I’m down with Brené (see my aforementioned attraction to Sincere Southern Christian White Women). So, I decided to give …
Weekend Reading
Check off books on the list of 11 books every White Christian should read plus a link to the Wild Goose Tapes with Jacqui Lewis - first up, Barbara Brown Taylor. And finally - trans people are sacred. Wait til you see this inspiring billboard.
What do you want more?
This is a key question for discerning the next right thing on your spiritual journey.
Another moment at the park
We talked more about how God makes all kinds of different people and people with grown-up bodies and kid brains are just one kind of the people that God makes.
In Praise of EPF
Emily P. Freeman came into my life quite mysteriously and unintentionally...
New hope*writers to love
Being part of hope*writers gives me the chance to encounter so many different people who are writing to encourage hope in the world. Here are a two of my recent favorite finds: Gina at Being Brave: "God is clear about what we are to do. Speak up. Defend the rights of the poor and needy."~Gina …
Weekend Reading
Have a great weekend, everyone! I'm working on a piece for Jesuits.org (coming soon) on teaching teenagers in a time of existential crisis. I found this article to be really interesting (and devastating) about what the researcher calls "ecological grief." Maybe I'll have my Spiritual Ecology students design grieving rituals for extinct animals and ecosystems …
The Launching :: Devotional Day 5
"One cannot stay at the breast forever..." “The God of your father—may he help you! And may The Strong God (El Shaddai)—may she give you her blessings, Blessings tumbling out of the skies, blessings bursting up from the Earth— blessings of breasts and womb.”~Genesis 49: 21-26 The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by …
The Blessings of the Breasts :: Devotional Day 4
“The God of your father—may he help you! And may The Strong God (El Shaddai)—may she give you her blessings, Blessings tumbling out of the skies, blessings bursting up from the Earth— blessings of breasts and womb.” ~Genesis 49: 21-26 The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. …
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