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May 2015

May 27, 2015

Bridging Evangelical Christianity & Feminism with #Femmevangelical

The latest dispatch from a woman emerging out from under evangelical Christianity is now available....

May 20, 2015

At the Intersections: #BlackLivesMatter Vigils & the (white) Privilege of Growing Up

Many good people live and work at the intersections and I occasionally invite someone to...

May 18, 2015

Freedom & Renewal: Lutherans at 500

In case you aren’t hanging around enough Lutherans and Lutheran institutions, I thought I’d let...

May 13, 2015

Summer Reading List from a Lutheran Roundtable

I recently attended a meeting of the Theological Roundtable of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...

May 07, 2015

Writing the Sabbath: Plans and Invitations

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about anticipating my upcoming sabbatical. If you haven’t...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

At the Intersections: The Sacred Feminine, Medieval Style

Many good people live and work at the intersections, and I occasionally invite someone to tell...

April 24, 2015

How Should People of Faith Respond to {Bruce} Jenner? (#CallMeCaitlyn UPDATE)

[For updated reflections on #CallMeCaitlyn, scroll to the end of this post.] As Bruce Jenner...

April 21, 2015

Rites of Passage: Sabbatical as Sabbath

The first spring I spent in Chicago after two years of living in southern California...

April 14, 2015

Christian Privilege & the Religion Professor

Today is Better Together Day! The designation comes from the Interfaith Youth Core, lifting up...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

When Religious Freedom Only Protects Heteropatriarchy

It’s not really religious freedom. Conservative politicians have been on a roll for the past...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

At the Intersections: On Being Black and Queer at a Black Baptist Church

Many good people live and work at the intersections, and I occasionally invite someone to tell...

February 17, 2015

Feminist Theology of the Cross and the Eucharist

My first book, Coram Deo: Human Life in the Vision of God (Pickwick 2006), is...

February 12, 2015

A Feminist Religion Professor’s Valentine’s Weekend

What’s a great way to spend a heteronormative greeting-card holiday? At conference for gay and...

February 08, 2015

Disciplining the Spirit With Jack Levison

One of the richest, most complicated, and ineffable topics in theology is the Spirit. Some...

February 03, 2015

For Damaged Girls

“No matter your age, you have rights to your own body.” “Churches are a community,...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Faith Leaders Issue Statement Opposing 20-Week Abortion Ban Bill

I have written here before about my involvement in the Faith and Reproductive Justice Leadership...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Feminist or Faithful? Big Eyes and a Woman’s True Awakening

Some people have written about how Tim Burton’s film, Big Eyes, portrays the feminist journey of...

December 24, 2014

A Merry Feminist Christmas, part three

I first shared this post in December 2012 ... here it is again for your...

December 22, 2014

A Merry Feminist Christmas, part two

I first shared this post in December 2012 ... here it is again for your...

December 20, 2014

A Merry Feminist Christmas, part one

I first shared this post in December 2012 ... here it is again for your...

December 04, 2014

Casting Off White Invisibility

In a piece for Salon last week, Brittney Cooper wrote about her ongoing struggle with...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

“To Welcome The Stranger”

The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released the following statement about...

November 18, 2014

Band Aid 30: Colonial Christmas Is Back!

That’s right. Your 24/7 Christmas music playlists and stations are likely to have the Band...

November 11, 2014

“When Two People Love Each Other, What Right Do I Have…?”

Marriage equality has come to Idaho. Idaho! Of course the big news is the fact...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

At The Intersections: Justice & the Divine Female

Many good people live and work at the intersections, and I occasionally invite someone to tell...

October 14, 2014

Called to Act for Peace

I read former President Jimmy Carter’s latest book this summer in preparation for today. The...

September 2014

September 21, 2014

Interfaithing Round-Up

This weekend I’m travelling to Washington, D.C., to attend The President’s Interfaith and Community Service...

September 17, 2014

Honorable Mention: Father Roy Bourgeois

Father Roy Bourgeois is speaking on my campus tonight, and I’m thrilled to be having...

September 02, 2014

postChristian & the Sin of postFeminism

In his newest book, postChristian, fellow Patheos blogger Christian Piatt takes up some important questions...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

Because Religion?

Consider this: George Fox University decided that references to sex in Title IX don’t include...