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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...

May 2014

May 20, 2014

Summer Shelfie

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

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 29, 2014

Religious Freedom … Really (UCC edition)

I’ve written before about the problems with so many claims of protecting “religious freedom” in...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Trusting Women

Last night, I delivered the following as part of a series of "Big Tent" speeches...

March 20, 2014

Quran, Gender, Equality: A Twitterview with Amina Wadud

Earlier this week I wrote about Scott Kugle's book Homosexuality in Islam, and how it...

March 18, 2014

A Paradox of Religion & Tradition: Homosexuality in Islam

“So, what about gay and lesbian Muslims?” The last time I taught my course on...

March 13, 2014

Women, Race, & Ministry: Streams Run Uphill

“I wonder if people in the church have any idea how much pain we inflict...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

A Spring Semester with feminismxianity

Spring semester classes begin today on my campus, and I’m finalizing the readings and assignments...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

“Stories with Honesty” :: A Twitterview with Joanna Brooks

Students in my first year seminar read a series of religious autobiographies this fall, including...

December 05, 2013

Honorable Mention: Duncan’s Bar Mitzvah

If a 13-year old gets it, and can explain both the problem with adhering to...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

The Arc Still Bends in Illinois: Governor v. Bishop

Despite the efforts of the leaders of intolerance, Governor Pat Quinn signs marriage equality into...

November 05, 2013

BREAKING: Marriage Equality IS Coming to Illinois!

This just in from Illinois Unites For Marriage: The Illinois House just passed the freedom...

October 2013

October 03, 2013

Apply Now: Faith & Reproductive Justice Institute

If 2012 taught us anything, it was that the conservative forces seeking to deny women...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Pluralism, Marriage, & Religious Freedom

The following is an excerpt from a commentary I wrote for my local newspaper, the...

September 27, 2013

Transitioning in Christian Community: H. Adam Ackley & APU

The story of H. Adam Ackley has caught a significant amount of media attention in...

September 20, 2013

Sexism & Churches: A Twitterview with Sarah Sentilles

I happened upon the book, A Church of Her Own, last spring on a colleague's...

September 18, 2013

Justice for Chelsea? Lutheran Theology and Trans*Activism

As the trial of Private Manning concluded this August, the convictions on more than 20...

September 15, 2013

Yes, NALT, but SSA, and WAY?

I appreciate and affirm the NALT Christians project, the idea of stating over and over...

September 12, 2013

Honorable Mention: The NALT Christians Project

If you haven’t heard of it yet, check out this video introduction to The NALT...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Fall Back Into School ~ Your Reading List

Fall semester classes start this week, so I thought I’d share the list of books...

August 09, 2013

Honorable Mention: Southern Comfort

I’m a little delayed in my discovery of this film, but after a friend referred...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Who Are The Women?

In the middle of a really good piece titled “The Reproductive Injustice and the ‘War...

July 12, 2013

“We Showed Up” :: Millennials & Reproductive Justice

Consider the masses of younger women who showed up at the Texas statehouse before and...

July 05, 2013

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Not Separate, Not Unequal: Notes on Two SCOTUS Rulings

I don’t spend a lot of time reading decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of...

June 25, 2013

We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby?

Rev. Gene Robinson, groundbreaking retired Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, writes this month over at...

June 23, 2013

God, Gays, & the Lutheran Church Basement

Did you notice the location of the meeting between Alan Chambers, now-apologetic director of the...

June 14, 2013

Papa’s Day 2013

Check out the great series of e-cards for Papa’s Day 2013 from Strong Families. Some of...