Sex, Pills and the Image of God
I grew up along the beaches of Florida and couldn’t get enough of the pounding waves on the sand. I swam against the tide and rolled with the force of the water. I loved the feeling of getting caught...
View ArticleRoot for Humanity! Why our Messy, Recalcitrant Lives are Better than Robots,...
One of the most fun films I saw this year was World’s End—the final installment of the trilogy that included Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. While the first two were about zombies and buddy cops, this...
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Our Addiction to Violence, Reducing the Risks
“One failed attempt at a shoe bomb, and we all take off our shoes in the airport. Thirty-one shootings since Columbine, and no change in the regulation of guns, ” the comedian, John Oliver quipped,...
View ArticleWhy the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision upsets women and men of faith
The Supreme Court’s decision to side with Hobby Lobby is a setback for all women, but particularly for many women of faith. Why? Well, let me count the ways. Christians should always uphold human...
View ArticleDomestic Violence and the Church #yesallchurches
A young college student went on a shooting spree, killing because he felt rejected by women. A pulsing wave of men, ignited with grief and frustration began a hashtag on Twitter: #notallmen. Not all...
View ArticleShalom In Our Shattered Lives
I think it was when Facebook was messing with our minds, seeing if they could toy with our emotions (they could), when I read research that said that people were happier on Friday than they were on...
View ArticleNurturing Peace
I, like many people of faith, am reeling from Jerry Falwell Jr.’s proclamations to his student body. Falwell encouraged the students of Liberty University (there are more than 100, 000 of them) to arm...
View ArticleWhy I Changed My Mind
As a kid raised in a conservative Baptist home, I was taught that sexual sins were much worse than the everyday, garden variety vice. We heard a lot about staying pure and straight. Jesus would...
View ArticleLearning to Love: The Gospel I Saw at the Women’s March
I joined my diverse sisters and brothers in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Saturday for our local Women’s March. I recognized so many familiar faces, people I knew well because we have been protesting for...
View ArticleReassessing Religion through ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
As my boyfriend and I rode the elevated train through the Chicago neighborhoods, he held a thrift store copy of The Handmaid’s Tale which he could not bear to set aside until he consumed every page. I...
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