A friend of mine just posted this article on Facebook. She wasn’t the only one of my Facebook friends to share some bit of media about how Representative Lisa Brown was silenced in Michigan for using the word vagina. I’m… Continue reading

Around the corner from my home, there is a Catholic Church. It’s a neighborhood parish serving a mostly immigrant population. It’s a small building so it’s never going to be a huge congregation. It’s tucked in the neighborhood as a… Continue reading

Thirteen years ago, my cousin asked me to be her soon-to-be daughter’s godmother. This particular cousin came into my family by marriage. We don’t do very well of keeping track of how we’re all related anyhow. We’re just cousins. It’s… Continue reading

Sunday is Children’s Celebration Sunday at the church I serve where the children lead us in worship of their own creation. This year, they broke from the Revised Common Lectionary. (We use Seasons of the Spirit so they are used… Continue reading

Toward the end of seminary, my New Testament professor dared us to use non-canonical texts in worship and study. He encouraged us to engage faithful people in authentic study of these words that were not included in the traditional canon. I respond really… Continue reading

Last week, I awoke in a cold sweat from a dream. I wasn’t scared. I was furious because in this particular dream I was in Africa going toe-to-toe with a warlord. I wanted to open a hospital. This part of… Continue reading

Yesterday, I sat in the bliss of the shining sun on the beach reading the final chapters of Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening. These are truly words… Continue reading

This month, my friend Katherine’s first book entitled Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family released. It’s the second publication of The Young Clergy Women Project imprint with Chalice Press and I’m thrilled to celebrate Katherine’s… Continue reading

http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_lv4jtzl1/uiconf_id/5590821 Today, after yesterday’s news in North Carolina, I can once again say: I’m proud to be an American. It’s not just what the president says. It’s the fact that I live in a place where we celebrate individual testimony.… Continue reading

Ego eimi. These are the only Greek words that I know by heart. Ego eimi. In seminary, I was invited to use these words to find my own metaphors. I was invited to take this powerful phrase and describe myself.… Continue reading