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December 2020

December 15, 2020

Wall Street Journal: Your Misogyny Double-Down is Backfiring

Paul Gigot, Wall Street Journal editor, made a serious miscalculation in his defense of Joseph Epstein’s...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

Turn, then, and live! Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the choice for life

Ruth Bader Ginsburg knew we have a choice. Just like Ezekiel knew we have a...

October 2018

October 06, 2018

Sometimes the Bad Guys Win: Senate Approves Kavanaugh

Yes, the bad guys are winning. But for my son and daughter, for my students,...

May 2018

May 10, 2018

Sisters EMERGING from the Wilderness: Women of Color Leading the Church

The election of two female African American bishops in the ELCA may be a turning...

May 05, 2018

An Iconic Moment – ELCA Synod Elects First Female African-American Bishop

The Rev. Patricia Davenport has been elected as the first African-American female bishop in the...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

Include Mother Earth in the #MeToo Movement: “Don’t Frack Your Mother”

The #MeToo movement has shown us that there are consequences for violating women. When it...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Mary Ponders: Part Two, A Christmas Reflection

Mary ponders. It is not just Mary’s body that has brought together heaven and earth,...

December 18, 2017

Mary, Pondering and God-bearing: Part One

Mary ponders. She’s a thinking, feeling, turning-things-over-in-her-mind kind of gal. I like those qualities in...

December 06, 2017

#MeToo, #ChurchToo: The Church is Facing the Truth About Its Sexism

#MeToo, #ChurchToo: The #MeToo movement is beginning to well up within the Christian Church. We’re...

December 01, 2017

Words of Advice for Good Men: #MeToo Meet #YouToo

#MeToo meet #YouToo. Even good men are being shaken to their core by the daily...

August 2017

August 02, 2017

7 Ways Your Church Can Support Your Female Pastor

Here are seven suggestions not just for avoiding insensitive sexist remarks, but for actively supporting...

July 2017

July 30, 2017

Book Review: Preaching the Women of the Old Testament

Ever heard of Achsah? The Daughters of Zelophehad? Rizpah? Think you know the story of...

June 2017

June 18, 2017

Not Your Mother’s “Wonder Woman”: A Feminist Review

I'll admit it: when Wonder Woman climbed up out of the fox hole and slo-mo...

May 2017

May 14, 2017

Inclusive and Expansive Mother’s Day Prayers

We pray for women who are mothers, either by birth, by adoption, or through foster...

May 14, 2017

The Case for Recognizing Mother’s Day in Church

Jesus showed us that by embracing women and the feminine aspect of God, we do...