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Isn’t Lent Depressing?

Even I ask myself: How can someone who lives with depression like such a depressing time of the church year? Lent is my...

I like memoirs. In fact, when I have the time, I read them voraciously. Because I need them. I need to know someone...

10 ways you can pray for mental illness Today is the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding....

For me and many other African Americans, this summer has been dominated by the not guilty verdict in the trial of George...

My daughter has been crawling for three months. Our outings to the six a.m. worship service with our faith community have...

I was instantly nauseous. My stomach turned in knots and I doubled over. I collapsed into my seat and held...

There are three generations living in my home: my mother, my partner and I, and our teenager and our infant. Conversations...

Communal prayer is a tactile experience for me. In my denominational tradition, African Methodism, we come to a wooden...

Blogger Rachel Held Evans invited me to answer questions from her readers in her "Ask a Liberation Theologian" column. ...

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