Content Warning: sexual assault, abuse, rape, church abuse, I am Lutheran (ELCA). In Lutheran theological understanding, all of the commandments are interconnected, not only to our relationship with God, but to our relationship with other people. Commandments are most quickly broken because we (people) create false idols. These are not the golden calf of… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: #Bathshebatoo (1 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27, 12:1-9)
The important education of the #metoo and #timesup campaigns now shape our understanding of Bathsheba, as we consider her story again. Generally, her story is a background to talk about David’s failures. No surprise, it’s all about him. Dr. Wil Gafney first prompted me to think about it the other way, to see this as… Read More
Saturday Prayer: #thisis2016
The world gets inside my head sometimes. More than I would like. And I am angry. God, where are you? And how is it we have strayed so far from your radical word? “Love one another, as I have loved you.” When women are grabbed and their bodies assaulted because the world have told men… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: This is MY Body
“What do you do?” a man at a party asks, my friend (who’s party it is, tenses next to me). “I’m a minister.” My friend is a lifelong Catholic and is now a campus minister for a catholic high school, all the other friends at the party are also lifelong Catholics and teach in this… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Believer? I Hardly Know Her…
“I’m very grateful she’s a woman And very easy to forget…” ~ Professor Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady On the cover of New York Magazine is this striking photo of 35 women who have accused Cosby of drugging and raping them. Read the full article here. But, I don’t want to talk about Cosby. I really don’t.… Read More
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