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September 2018

September 04, 2018

Kavanaugh and the Threat to Women

Reversing Roe does nothing to address the causes of unintended pregnancies nor many of the...

May 2018

May 26, 2018

Why Falling U.S. Birthrates are a Good Thing

The reality of our climate crisis is so profound that we must recognize it will...

March 2018

March 05, 2018

Raising Sons Like We Raise Our Daughters

I want them to know that sex can be right and good and wonderful! It...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Afraid for the Future? Join the Resistance!!

“Alternate facts” do not exist. In common parlance, “alternate facts” are called “lies.” When our...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

Trump, Sexual Assault, and Incest: When Forgiveness is Failure

In the midst of the chaos of this election it is also important to pay...

October 07, 2016

Learning to be Parents: The Challenge of Community in a World of Social Isolation

And so, I wrapped that baby up tight, gave him a pacifier and started swaying...

December 2015

December 16, 2015

Peace on Earth? Is Misogyny Ever Innocent?

Let me say right off the bat – I don’t know this family or the...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

Growing Pains: The Challenge of Raising Children Who Think for Themselves

I made myself breathe deep. I made myself just listen. I reminded myself that I...

October 12, 2015

An Adventure in Cartography: Approaching College Visits as a Pair of Explorers

Place matters, and different places feel right to different people for a variety of reasons.

September 2015

September 02, 2015

Celebrating the Moral Courage of Women Who Have Abortions

During this media blitz highlighting the Catholic Church’s generosity of absolving women of their “sin...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

I Really Hope My Daughter Has Good Sex

Most teens feel sexual desire. The question they need to grapple with is what do...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

What Motherhood and Ecumenism Have in Common

While it is true that the historic Councils of the Church did not include women...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Can Motherhood be a Spiritual Practice?

As a feminist theologian, my interest is in exploring and discussing the ways in which...

May 2015

May 09, 2015

A Prayer for Mothers

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

How Honoring Self Makes One a Better Mother

Jesus said that there is no greater commandment than to love God and to love...

April 23, 2015

Connecting the Dots Between Wild Violets, Fracking, and Homelessness

It’s springtime in North Carolina. Between the redbuds, dogwoods, azaleas, wisteria, lily of the valley,...

April 13, 2015

Contemplating College Admissions

My husband and I took our daughter on her first college visit last week. We...