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31st Anniversary of the Assassination of Óscar Romero
Following up on Katie’s post on prayer and militarism, let us remember that today is the 31st anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero, killed while celebrating mass in a hospital...
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Examining Our Consciences In Light of Structural Sin
This is my attempt to envision an examination of conscience that more explicitly deals with the intersection between interpersonal and structural-social sin. NOTE: The absence of certain “traditional”...
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Triumph of What?
As the first week of Great Lent draws to a close, encouragements to persist in the fast increase, and recipes (some of them very tasty) are shared. Fasting for Orthodox is a rigorous practice of...
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Remember that you are dust.
This is a reflection I shared at an evening Ash Wednesday gathering several years ago. We sat in a circle on the floor and placed the ashes on our neighbors’ foreheads and spoke these words to each...
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Lenten Lessons from the Upper Room
Women in Theology is happy to publish another guest post from theologian and educator, Alexis James Waggoner. Waggoner is an adjunct professor and a minister of religious education. Her organization,...
View ArticleThis isn’t the end of the story: Lent + the 3-6 year-old child
Before I had kids, I had all these grand plans for how I would raise them, constantly taking mental notes of what I would and would not do. When I became the head of a faith formation program at a...
View Article“The Path I Walk, Christ Walks It”
The theologian in me enjoys creative challenges. Like how to craft a cohesive sermon weaving together themes of Celtic spirituality in light of the appointed Sunday readings, with specific focus on...
View ArticleBiblical Inspiration: Reading the Gospel of Matthew During Lent
One of the practices I tried to do for the first time last year for Lent was to read all of the Gospels. And – full disclosure – last year life got busy, especially being on the job market, and I was...
View ArticleBorn From Beauty: The Tender Mercies of “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”
Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, is a stunning and lyrical elegy addressed to the protagonist’s (Little Dog’s) mother, Rose. Rose is a Vietnamese migrant. She is the...
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