I can’t even save myself. I make bad decisions just like the ones in the world – bombs and wars and the industrial revolution with chains of greed. But then I go on and, without even knowing any part of… Read More ›
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My Mother’s Appearance in a Healing Dream by Carol P. Christ
My mother spent a good deal of her life defending my father to me and my brother. “Your father didn’t mean it,” she would say. “Your father loves you—he just doesn’t know how to show it.” “Your father never cried… Read More ›
Politicians Make Dangerous Theologians by Katey Zeh
Accounts and allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse perpetrated by mostly straight white men in power have flooded the U.S. news cycle for months. Each new revelation confirms that sexual violence is an epidemic fueled by systems of unchecked… Read More ›
You Are What You Read by Martha Cecilia Ovadia
When it comes to my family, I’ve always felt different. One of my earliest memories from when I was really young was being told that I felt things too passionately—that I felt too much. What was never said but was… Read More ›
It’s a New Year…What’s your Social Justice Resolution/Revolution? by Marie Cartier
This year I want to resolve to help more and worry less. This is the number one thing I worry about most right now: Children and hunger. Right now in the United States approximately 20-30% of children go to bed… Read More ›
Are Most of Us Abused Children? And is Child Abuse the Root of Evil? by Carol P. Christ
Child abuse does not have to be physical or sexual. The most widespread forms of child abuse are psychological, and therefore harder to see, acknowledge, and eradicate. As abused children, we unconsciously pass on patterns of abuse visited on us… Read More ›
