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May 2015

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...

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...

March 26, 2015

Vocation at the Intersection of Self & World

Today I’m heading to St. Louis for the National Conference of the Network for Vocation...

March 06, 2015

At the Intersections: I Remember

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

February 2015

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 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...

January 19, 2015

Nonconformity, Anger, Hope: A Genealogy of Words for MLK Day 2015

This morning, I participated in a Speak-In on campus during which faculty, staff, and students...

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 10, 2014

Just Because You Missed the Wave …

In a recent piece on CNN.com, Nina Burleigh reveals that she’s pretty ignorant about the...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Feminist Scholarship & Pedagogies at #NWSA2014

I’ve escaped the cold blast hitting the Midwest this week by heading to the National...

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 17, 2014

Honorable Mention: Father Roy Bourgeois

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

September 11, 2014

Reproductive (in)Justice in Jacksonville

I wrote this piece in response to events in the Illinois town where I live,...

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 11, 2014

On (Re)Watching Sex & the City (all of it)

Over the span of six weeks this summer, mostly for fun, I re-watched every episode...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Heteropatriarchy With A Twist

These are confusing times. How can there be such swift and progressive action state by...

July 16, 2014

It’s Just Church (with a response)

I wrote the following commentary which was published last week in my local newspaper, the...

July 08, 2014

Vocation Enmeshed

This week I will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the final meeting of a...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

“It Is Time.” Terry Tempest Williams’ Open Letter to LDS Church Leaders

I have written here before about ongoing Mormon feminist activism, including the day of action...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

#YesAllWomen. Just Ask Us.

If we started telling the truth we might never stop. And then what would happen?...

May 20, 2014

Summer Shelfie

Last week, I shared a few reflections on two books that started my summer reading...

May 16, 2014

The Cross & Gendercide: The Problem is Still Patriarchy

Once I determined who the audience of Elizabeth Gerhardt’s The Cross and Gendercide is, I...

May 14, 2014

#ReadingHannah :: A Lutheran-ish Sacramental Novel

The twinning of life and death starts early in Hannah, Delivered, the new novel by...

May 12, 2014

Your Summer (Feminist) (Theological) Reading List

I received an email query this weekend that read, in part: I’m looking for some...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Beyonce Studies 2014

Jessica Valenti called Beyoncé’s recent self-titled release “the album that is going to launch a...