In Praise of the Mundane
Common Callings and Ordinary Virtues focuses on the ordinary, the quotidian, and the mundane. Why write about such a humdrum topic? In my training as […]
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Chronic & Cumulative Stress: A Mental, Spiritual, and Physical Health Crisis
Photo by Jack Moreh from Freerange Stock In October 2022, I co-led #Letstalkmentalhealth, a 3-hour Mindful Mondays series that took place over two weeks. The […]
Installation of Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount
Today we honor and celebrate the Installation of Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount as the Murray H. Leiffer Chair in Formation, Leadership, and Culture, as well […]
Understanding Intersex: Developing a Healthier Theology of Sex and Gender
DeFranza critiques traditionalist interpretations of the Bible that have harmed women, LGBTQIA+, cis-gender and straight people; advancing more inclusive, faithful, healthy, and ethical biblical interpretations.
Survival and Growth Through Mindful Spirituality
Photo by Jack Moreh from Freerange Stock Stress is a prevalent form of emotional, psychological, and affective tension when we cannot control exterior situations or pressure. Because it […]
Ethics in Interreligious Dialogue
In spaces like seminaries, there is a tangible and growing desire to step out of our theological and pedagogical conformity. But we fail to capitalize […]
Ecowomanism and the Jackson Mississippi Water Crisis
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris We are grateful to Rev. Dr. Melanie L. Harris for her presentation on “Ecowomanism and the Jackson Mississippi Water […]
Walking Through the Valley
Walking Through the Valley: Womanist Explorations in the Spirit of Katie Geneva Cannon echoes Psalm 23. It assures us that God will be with us […]
Holy Liberation, Holy Community
Photo by Jack Moreh from Freerange Stock “Any meeting without food could have been an email.” Tanya Watkins, the Executive Director of Southsiders Organized for […]
Decolonial Indigenous Approaches to Seminary Education
Attempting to teach an Indigenous pedagogy in the current Western seminary approach, content differences aside, is the proverbial attempt to fit a square peg in to a round hole. There are some things that Western educators can be made aware of to help with the fit, but it will never substitute ground-level Indigenous education via decolonized and Indigenized Indigenous mentors.