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November 2017

November 13, 2017

My Body and My Faith

Maybe don’t read this if you are sensitive to discussions of abuse, sexual assault, or...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

What Should I Say When I Have Nothing More to Say

A woman died yesterday. Her name is Heather. I did not know her, but I...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

Hagar and Sally

Trigger Warning: Discussion of rape and sexual violence. Sally Hemings was not a mistress. She...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Inaugural Lament

Today is a rough day. Today we know that the world is not right. Today...

November 2016

November 13, 2016

A Post-Election Poem

I want you to keep my name out of your mouth. It doesn't matter where...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Microagressions

  According to Dictionary.com, a microaggression is "a subtle, but offensive comment or action directed...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Texting vs. Flirting with a Monk

It's late and I would enjoy drifting off into dreamland but something in me feels...

July 2016

July 13, 2016

The Healing Spirit

In the halls of my Alma Mater, Wesley Theological Seminary, is a fresco called The...

June 2016

June 19, 2016

GRACE, a Name we can all Adopt

A store clerk looked at my credit card last week and asked, "What does your...

June 17, 2016

Love Made of Fire: Love, Trauma & Lament In a Post-Orlando World

PAIN MADE OF FIRE On Sunday, June 12th, like so many others, I woke up...

June 13, 2016

Why Roots Was So Important: A Message for Those Who Didn’t Want to Watch it.

If I had a dollar for every time a well meaning person has said to...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

What Do You See When You Look at Me: Beyonce, Colorism & Identity

I am an adoptee from Colombia. I was born in Bogota. My adoptive sister, six...

April 05, 2016

Jesus Commanded I Tell You about Gluttony

Like a preacher in yoga pants I have come, a new Paul, to tell of...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Unscheduled Spring Cleaning

Sunday morning, as we were preparing for brunch, our oven tried to eat itself. We...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

Jesus Was A Man

I’ve been doing yoga therapy lately. In simplistic terms it’s a kind of counseling that...

December 2015

December 08, 2015

Loss and Redemption in Relationships

In this season of anticipatory and happy holidays among a number of cultural and faith...

December 05, 2015

The Lie of Separation

Back in May 2015 I was signed up for a weekend training in NYC with...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

I walk the line

Verbally abused in an unwarranted and shocking attack in my home this week by someone...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Father Richard Rohr on Sacred Wounds by Author Teresa Pasquale

Father Richard Rohr authored the foreword for Teresa Pasquale's new book, Sacred Wounds: A Path...

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