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April 2013

April 19, 2013

Who Needs A Day of Silence?

Today is the National Day of Silence, “a day of action in which students across...

April 09, 2013

Equal Pay Today! (for last year anyway …)

Congrats, ladies! We did it! As of today, we’ve worked long enough into the new...

April 02, 2013

Red Logo Resistance: Homonationalism & the HRC

I did it. You probably did it. Everyone was doing it. Changing their profile picture...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

“Christ-Sophia Has Risen”

Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton offers us new words to sing to a familiar Christian tune (I...

March 27, 2013

Even If He’s Not Your Son, He’s Still Human

It shouldn’t take a gay son to convince a senator to support marriage equality. Like...

March 21, 2013

Midwife Divine

Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton has shared a new recording of her song “Midwife Divine Now Calls...

March 18, 2013

What Sexual Terrorism Looks Like

This is part of an opinion piece I wrote for my local newspaper, the Jacksonville...

March 04, 2013

The Personal Is Theological

There are a lot of reasons why we need Lana Dalberg’s new book, Birthing God:...

March 01, 2013

Let Justice Roll Down

Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton has shared a new recording and video of her song “Let Justice...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Telling the Truth About Privilege

On Saturday, the Illinois College Board of Trustees voted to promote me to Professor of...

February 14, 2013

A Merry Feminist Valentine’s Day

Ms. Magazine offered this round-up of suggestions if you want to mark Valentine's Day with...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Women in Combat? ‘When Harry Met Sally’ edition

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Women's War...

January 28, 2013

Seneca Falls. Selma. Stonewall :: The Basics

Unless you’ve actively studied the gay rights movement in the U.S., it might be possible...

January 17, 2013

Imagining a Different Inaugural Benediction

You may or may not have been following the controversy around President Obama’s first choice...

January 03, 2013

I Am Not A Hostage

Joumana Haddad wrote a provocative piece for NOW News last week titled “Islamic Feminism: Stockholm...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

When Men Kill

More than a few people and organizations pay attention to the gendered nature of gun...

December 11, 2012

Honorable Mention: Bishop Gene & Hope

The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson, was on The Daily...

December 10, 2012

Getting Theological: Sin

I’m getting back to my series of posts in which I “Get Theological” with the...

December 04, 2012

Men Talk Guns: Costas, Whitlock, & Powell

These are the kinds of things I want to hear more men saying about guns...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Support the Goddess Mural

I’ve had the privilege of worshipping and speaking at herchurch in San Francisco a couple...

November 29, 2012

Hindus Buddhists & Bisexuals ~ Oh My!

In the interview that Sally Steenland, Director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at...

November 26, 2012

Can a Story Make You Believe in God?

So, can a story make you believe in God? Note: In this post, I take...

November 21, 2012

Transgender Awareness Week 2012

Last week, at the annual meeting of Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies at...

November 19, 2012

Notes from an AAR

The American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature continue their annual meetings today...

November 02, 2012

The War on Black Women

Higher Heights for America, an organization working "to expand and support Black women’s leadership pipeline...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Barack Obama, Once More

For whom will you vote for President, and why? I intend to vote for Barack...

October 29, 2012

Honorable Mention: Sex, Gender, and Christianity

Should women be priests? Should women submit to their husbands? Is premarital sex okay? These...

October 23, 2012

Honorable Mention: Justice for Women

The denomination to which I belong, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has a constitutional...

October 21, 2012

Reproductive Justice & Prayer

As the election comes closer, and as voting is underway in many places, I...

October 11, 2012

The Myth of Male Religious Power?

Stephanie Coontz is spot-on in her analysis of “The Myth of Male Decline” in the...