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June 2019

June 06, 2019

Summer Reading List: The Year of the Memoir

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well, that's a lie. Fall is the...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

Expecto Patronum: Magic Words Won’t End Gun Violence

I'm at my in-laws' house for the weekend. The news is on TV. My daughter...

May 20, 2019

Daenerys Is Us: Good And Evil In Game of Thrones

Warning... big fat spoilers. If you are waiting to watch the finale, stop here. >>>...

May 17, 2019

Beth Moore’s Good News Can’t Be Unheard

We're from different worlds, theologically speaking. We don't agree on everything, politically or otherwise. But...

May 12, 2019

The Mommy Wars Are Over: Everybody Wins Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day, dear readers. I know this day is tricky. I wrote a post...

May 08, 2019

At the Altar of the Gun: High School Shootings and the Sin of Blood Atonement

Last night, my 8-year-old sat down with an atlas and an open browser and decided...

May 06, 2019

Unlikely Pulpits: The Legacy of Rachel Held Evans

She was a voice in the wilderness. Many say that Rachel Held Evans was the...

April 2019

April 25, 2019

It’s Time For a Woman President, And It’s Not About Identity Politics

Joe Biden announced his run for President this morning. As much as I admire him...

April 19, 2019

Failing Lent: And Other Spiritual Disciplines

It's been three months-- a full quarter of the year--and I haven't written much about...

April 16, 2019

Burning Churches, Competing Tragedies, and Bearing Witness to the Ashes

The Notre Dame Cathedral has been reduced to ashes. It's a loss both literal and...

April 15, 2019

Tiger Woods’ Comeback And The Complications Of Public Redemption

Guest Post: Rev. Shane Isner I remember how angry folk were at Tiger when it...

April 03, 2019

The Solution To The Migration Crisis Is Stronger Communities, Not Higher Walls

I just got back from Honduras. Otherwise known around these parts as “Mexico,” at least...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Our Church’s Foster Child

Guest post by the Rev. Allison Lanza One of the members of the church where...

March 28, 2019

Mental Health Advocacy: Psychology Beyond Therapy

Guest post by Dr. Georgeann Brown Their stories are with me. Maybe they needed substance...

March 21, 2019

‘We Just Want the Guns Back’: New Zealand’s Brave Response to Terror, and What the U.S. Can Learn

In the wake of a horrific act of gun violence that took the lives of...

March 14, 2019

The College Admissions Scandal and The Real Crime That Is Tuition

The college admissions scandal—involving several prominent families, including a few famous actresses—might be just about...

March 13, 2019

If More Teachers Were Men: 7 Things That Would Be Different In Education

It's a sick-out day in our school district. Again. This is our fifth day out...

March 12, 2019

The Church and Trending Homophobia: What Are We Afraid Of?

Stop me if you've heard it: A Catholic school in a suburb of Kansas City...

March 07, 2019

Skin: Lent 1

Maybe he knew what he was doing When he got himself put close to the...

March 06, 2019

7 Things To Give Up For Lent That Actually Matter

In years past, I've gone vegetarian for Lent. My daughter is one already, so it...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

After the Flood

this rusty relic when it has finally good and washed away on the waves of...

February 26, 2019

Don’t Bury the Female Lede: Keeping Women’s Names in the Headlines

Elecia R. Dexter of Auburn, Alabama, is the new publisher and editor of the Democrat-Reporter,...

February 05, 2019

The Keys to Life: And the Gift of an Empty Keychain

A big move always means a reckoning with your stuff. Sifting through years (whether four...

February 01, 2019

Worshipful Living: How a Church in the Netherlands Prayed Away Deportation

The concept of "worshipful living" is an underrated Christian practice. Most of us worship once...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Small Things

Fan turning, light burning Dust on the air Cardinal feather, change in the weather A...

January 28, 2019

Why The Patriarchy Lies About Reproductive Health: And No, New York Is Not Killing Babies

Did the state of New York last week adopt a law that would allow a...

January 25, 2019

The Human Cost of the Shutdown: And the Moral Bankruptcy Revealed in Wilbur Ross’ Comments

In communities all over the country, food pantries are putting out pleas for more donations....

January 20, 2019

The Covington Catholic Boys Shouldn’t Be Expelled: They Should Be Educated

Several years ago, there was some egregious display of racism on a college campus. I'm...

January 17, 2019

Rave On: Remembering Mary Oliver, and Writing More Poetry

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married...

January 08, 2019

12 Terrible Things I’d Rather Do Than Watch The Presidential Address

Your small act of resistance for today: turn off the t.v. As we head into...

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