“This is my Body Broken for You” says the Christ, Jesus, Son of refugees, who had to flee a tyrant’s rage to Egypt. “This is my Body Broken for You” says Jesus Son of a pregnant single–not to mention brown–girl, who had to decide who she would tell that she was pregnant, and plot how… Read More
The Pastoral is Political – Are you Scottish enough?
Scotland prides itself in being and open and welcoming country. Whilst other parts of the UK have been reticent in their welcome of others arriving as refugees, Scotland has been welcoming. One of the groups that best represents this is RefuWeeGee, a Glasgow based charity that supports asylum seekers and refuges in and around the… Read More
The Pastoral is Political : Efficacy & Love
While doom scrolling through social media the other day, I hovered over a post that basically said that some of us stayed home when we were supposed to, and so those who have chosen not to be vaccinated can stay home now; that it’s their turn. I sort of harrumphed in agreement and then immediately… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: Affirming Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Youth
New research shows that LGBTQIA+ youth have been experiencing an incredible amount of distress during the pandemic. According to the Trevor Project: “42% of LGBTQ youth, including more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth, seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Yet, nearly half could not access the mental health care they desired. More than… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Pain Is Real
Pain is real. As someone who has dealt with endometriosis and other autoimmune issues, I can attest that daily distracting body pains are part of my existence. I’ve been extremely fortunate. While I’ve had some doctors brush off my pain, telling me that an anti-depressant will help with the pain (it didn’t), my pain was… Read More
Pastoral Is Political: Dancing in the Streets
One of my favorite Bible Stories is the story of King David dancing in the street naked. Buck. Naked. Our English translation, as usual, masks that little fact, but it’s there. He was SO HAPPY and SO GRATEFUL, he stripped down and let it go! If you don’t know the story, take a look, 2… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Serenity Prayer
Image can be found here I’ve been thinking a lot about the Serenity prayer a lot. Because the wisdom to know what it is that I can control and can’t control is so hard these days. Because the wisdom to know what can and cannot be changed is so political these days. What can… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Ashes to Ashes
Ashes with worship? Ashes all day? Ashes to go? Ashes with glitter? As the liturgical calendar winds its way certain discussions can be predicted. With Advent its advent candles colors. With Ash Wednesday it’s the way in which we make/dispense ashes. Ashes are political. They are symbolic word act of our very real inability to… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: End White Supremacy in the White House
Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center released an incredibly important report that seemed to fall under the radar as the media focused on details about the impeachment hearings. In the report, we learned that Katie McHugh – former editor of the alt-right Breitbart News publication – leaked over 900 emails that Stephen Miller sent… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Here is the Reason
I recently read Where The Red Fern Grows out loud to my son. If you’ve never read this before, I’m about to spoil the hell out of this book published in 1961. Ready? The dogs die. Okay, with that out of the way, I want to talk about why I nearly couldn’t finish this book, which… Read More
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