I never knew my dad’s biological mom. She left my grandpa when my dad was two and his little sister one. She was only 19.
Because of this small pocket of freedom in a patriarchal church, primary has become a sanctuary for me, a sacred, loud, bubbling place where age
She declares that “In pursuit of liberation, we do not need to pine after the power of our oppressor, we have to long for our
I had to go on this bus ride to marry my husband. That’s what everyone told me. I couldn’t know the route ahead of time.
So often I hear people trying to convince others that the way they feel about a particular topic/meeting/policy is the way that everyone *should* feel.
In a church that preaches repentance, there is too often an emphasis on perfection accompanied by an overwhelming fear of failure and judgment from others.
Providing information for women and gender minorities about their own bodies was a feminist issue in the early 1970s. It still is today.
After a lifetime of service, tithing and dedication, I wish my mom and dad could finally rest. If you added up the wages for all
[Hope] is not a diversion from sorrow
But the transformation of
Grief fully formed and felt.
So, through the practice of baptism, we accept we are sinners, we accept that Jesus chooses us, and we accept that we are choosers who
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