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Communal prayer is a tactile experience for me. In my denominational tradition, African Methodism, we come to a wooden...
What is Liberation Theology?
Blogger Rachel Held Evans invited me to answer questions from her readers in her "Ask a Liberation Theologian" column. ...
Birthing: an Advent Reflection
The final article in my four-part series on Advent from the perspective of pregnancy. As I think about Christmas and the...
New media and public grief
I come from people who visit graves. My maternal grandfather died when my mother was an infant. She grew up going to visit...
Journeying: An Advent Reflection
The third in my four-part series on Advent from the perspective of pregnancy. I draw on the Advent theme of Journeying...
Accepting: Reflections on Advent
The second in my four-part series on Advent for the religion website Patheos.com. I’m writing about the time when we...
Advent: Pregnant Waiting
I'm writing a four-part Advent Series for the religion website Patheos.com. The first article is out today. The church year...
Wrestling with God and Depression
On November 18, 2012, I spoke at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA in the Rector's Forum on "Wrestling with God...
Pinning God
I dashed into the small coffee shop to get out of the rain. The sound of the rain echoed around me as I discovered that I...