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December 2015

December 08, 2015

A New Christmas Album of Joy, Justice, and Gender Inclusion

I am in the midst of my annual Christmas music and movies binge, are you?...

December 04, 2015

“Where God Is” :: Writing and Teaching in Public as Lutheran and Feminist

As I prepare to present at one workshop at the University of Chicago on Friday...

December 02, 2015

White Conservative Evangelical Heteropatriarchal Terrorism in a Gun Culture Hating Planned Parenthood

I’ve been too unspeakably angry about the terrorist attack on Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Engaging & Navigating #AARSBL15

Today I’m in Atlanta for the American Academy of Religion annual meeting. When I was...

November 16, 2015

No Religious Test for Compassion

“And I think our focus ought to be on the Christians who have no place...

November 05, 2015

Racial Justice & a Lutheran Roundtable

Today I’m heading to Chicago for a meeting of the Theological Roundtable of the Evangelical...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

If Trump Was My Student: So You Just Don’t Know About Seventh-day Adventist?

Last Saturday, Donald Trump talked about his and Ben Carson’s religions at a rally in...

October 26, 2015

Beyond Pinkwashing: 8 Things to Actually Do About Cancer

Pinktober is almost over, which means that Movember is going to be upon us soon...

October 19, 2015

Of Course There’s a Religious Test for Office

It’s called the voter. And all of the beliefs, values, ignorance, convictions, stereotypes, and knowledge...

October 08, 2015

Fractures & Hope: Reflections on Religious Higher Ed

Today I’m at Belmont University in Nashville for the National Conference of the Lilly Fellows...

October 06, 2015

Guns, Masculinity, a Culture of Life, & Educators on the Front Line

One day about two years ago I walked into the building where I teach two...

October 01, 2015

My Review of “Mormon Feminism”

The new book, Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings, edited by Joanna Brooks, Rachel Hunt Steenblik, and...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

Gender Equality & the #GlobalGoals as a #PrayerforEveryone

This week sees the launch of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, a series of...

September 17, 2015

Sorry, Carly: Planned Parenthood Edition

Sorry, Carly. You may have won the GOP primary debate last night, by speaking with...

September 14, 2015

Honorable Mention: VocationMatters.org

A new blog launches this month in partnership with the release of a new book...

September 10, 2015

Opportunities for 21st Century Interfaithing

This week, I’m attending the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge fifth annual convening...

September 07, 2015

Unapologetically Madonna: Sex & Religion Through the Decades

In the category of News of the Obvious, Madonna declared that her Rebel Heart tour,...

September 02, 2015

For Women Who Aren’t Contrite

When I first heard about Pope Francis' offer of forgiveness for women who had had abortions,...

September 01, 2015

Let’s Do Justice

We have a new voice joining the work of writing and moving toward justice at Patheos....

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Honorable Mention: Equality Illinois

Today I’m speaking on the Faith and Equality Issues Panel at the Equality Institute, hosted...

August 25, 2015

Words for Justice, Songs for Worship

My friend and colleague Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton has just published a new book titled Earth...

August 20, 2015

Back to School With Purpose

This will be the first fall since I was three years old that I will...

August 06, 2015

4 Women & a Train Station: Reflection on an Interfaith Moment

Four women outside the entrance to Union Station, lingering in the cool breeze on a...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Planned Parenthood Would Serve Mary

After dismissing the edited videos that pretend to catch Planned Parenthood staffers in a compromising...

July 24, 2015

Some Good News in Religious Higher Ed

Over at Religion News Service, Eliel Cruz highlights three Christian colleges who have recently taken...

July 16, 2015

With Christian Privilege, You Already Have Religious Freedom

Deny other people rights to (your concept of) the afterlife all you want. But you...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

“Blessing Every Love Relation”:: A Pride Month Hymn

As a conclusion to a remarkable Pride Month, I’m delighted to share “Praise the Source...

June 24, 2015

#Charleston :: Round-Up of Lutheran Voices & Resources

On June 18, 2015, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton wrote: "It has been a long...

June 08, 2015

The Printing Press is Dead. So Buy My Luther Book on Kindle!

I’ve written here before about events leading up to Lutherans’ commemoration of the 500th anniversary...

June 03, 2015

Jesus is Not a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card: Christian Privilege & the Duggars

In her interview with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, Megyn Kelly encouraged the idea that...