COVER ART “Mi Mamá” by Rachel Stallings Thomander
This piece examines women’s participation in religious rituals. I was influenced by religious clothing and ceremonial garments by different indigenous people of Mexico and South America. I learned about ritual through my mother, so to me she embodied this inquiry. I wanted to represent her strengths and interests so I asked her a few questions to determine some of the textile’s composition. Her favorite color, plant, shape and biggest strength are all represented on the garment she is photographed wearing.
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LETTER FROM EDITOR “Exponent Love in the Time of COVID” by Margaret Olsen Hemming
ESSAY “Through an Empty Chapel” by Eliana Massey
POETRY “Without Walls” by Eliana Massey
SABBATH PASTORALS “Spirituality and Talent” by Amanda Waterhouse
POETRY “Laying on of Hairs” by Melodie Jackson
ARTIST FEATURE “Art as Autobiography” an Interview with Rachel Stallings Thomander
POETRY “Never Ceasing” by Eliana Massey
EXPONENT GENERATIONS “Creating Connection, Finding Peace” by Abby Kidd, Pandora Brewer, Susan Gong
ESSAY “Truth” by Lorraine Jeffery
BOOK REVIEW “Illuminating Ladies: Second Edition”
ESSAY “Exercising Defiance” by Jamie Stokes
WOMEN’S THEOLOGY “Religious Freedom, Victim Narratives, and the Need for Spiritual Self-Determination” by Emily Gilkey Palmer
POETRY “Dropping Stars” by Tiara Yount
WOMEN’S WORK “Teaching Anti-Racism” an Interview with Alexandria Scott
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Margaret Olsen Hemming
Managing Editors Pandora Brewer, Emily Fisher Gray
Art Editor Page Turner
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Poetry Editor Abby Parcell
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SPECIAL THANKS
SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to Annie K. Blake, Caitlin Connolly, Maren Elmont, Emily Hawkins, Karalee Kuchar, Brynley Lazar, Aïsha Lehmann Tanner and Rachel Stallings Thomander for their artwork in this issue.
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