Yesterday as I was sitting across from one of the people I respect most in the world when my life changed forever. You see I have had many long years of being in pain about being a woman in the church, though I am on a path of healing. Yes, this story does have […]
Uncluttered, Exposed and Present: Touching the Unknown (a poem)
I carried so much hurt a world of injury, so much so that often I couldn’t breathe. my chest ached of it. I couldn’t hear the spirit, blowing windy about me. wouldn’t heal, my open sores were evident to all. I had no space left inside for the mystical, Holy […]
{I Know What “ezer” Means — Further thoughts on being a Woman in the Church}
Sometimes people listen to me. And I think, I have a responsibility to talk about what it is like to be a woman in the Church. Sometimes people listen, so hear me, this is what I don’t understand — Why are women still oppressed? And why do (some) men not understand? Why do (some) men […]
I think I’ve got March Madness!
I think I’ve got March madness, and it isn’t about basketball. It’s been such a strange week already. I feel exhausted and I can’t identify exactly why. It cannot simply be the time loss or the season changing. It’s March and so for Wisconsin that means lots of sunshine. Lots of slush. There is an […]
What Can’t our Daughters Do?
I’m re-posting something I wrote a year ago. It was my most popular article ever written with more than a thousand viewers. So I thought it was worth posting again. ———————– Quickly — I want to thank all my visitors from the homepage of wordpress.com. Welcome! Wow! A lotta love happens when you get featured on the […]
