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Sounds of church
A couple of years into my career as a minister, I learned a short phrase about the sounds of church from another minister....
Black and Depressed
Writer and mental health advocate Therese Borchard interviewed me and it made it to the Huffington Post. Check it out....
Will the Churches Look After the Sick?
When I was a teenager, I liked a boy who attempted suicide. I remember calling his home on an ordinary day. His mother...
The Miscarriage Chronicles: The Barren Woman Bible
I know that men wrote the Bible. That's no surprise to anyone who has had a brush with feminism or biblical scholarship....
The Miscarriage Chronicles: Motherhood With Depression
I wanted to be pregnant if only for the possibility of helpful hormones. “Pregnancy is great for some women with...
The Miscarriage Chronicles: Activism Revisited
I grew up in a state of unionized workers. My mother was in a teachers’ union. My father worked for one of the “Big Three”...
Talk Back
My parents called it “talking back.” Some people call it “sassing.” It’s that willful behavior that children have when they...
The Miscarriage Chronicles: Sacrifice
A lot of religions consider blood to be an appropriate sacrifice to God or gods. Kill the fatted lamb, say scriptures in...
The Miscarriage Chronicles: The Loss Of Blood (part 2)
I long became comfortable with bleeding. The Red Tent, Honoring Menstruation and Sacred Woman guided me into a healthy...