Women Talking: The Novel and Film Offering Lament Space for Christian Audiences
In Women Talking, we imagine, with female imagination, how much both men and women stand to lose when they are chained to systems that do not lead to human flourishing.
Breaking Bread: Midnight Mass and the Inversion of the Eucharist
When the God you preach is nothing more than a simulacrum of your own shadow, it’s easy to justify wrongs against the least of these for your own ends.
The Love That Fights: What It Took for Rachael Denhollander to Bring Down a Predator
Unlike abuse, love does not excuse or minimize wrongdoing.
Fosse/Verdon Recap, “Where Am I Going?” (Episode 5)
It’s not excusing his hurtful, hedonistic behavior to observe that something is broken inside Bob Fosse.
Iron Fist and the Cultivation of Humility
What is the corrosive, and addictive, nature of power? And how does one learn to wield it well?
Arrested Development‘s #MeToo Moment
Not only did these men fail to do the right thing in the moment; they failed to recognize the part they played in perpetuating their female colleague’s pain.
Paige Patterson Counsel Abounds When Women Aren’t Given a Seat at the Theological Table
If we are not listening, if we are not in community with people of color, women, the poor, the disabled, and the marginalized, we are guaranteed to make theological errors.
Jessica Jones: Consent, Autonomy, and Being Remade in Man’s Image
Jessica Jones is a distinctly feminine hero story in a male world delivered to us in the era of #metoo.
America’s Evangelical Leaders Could Learn a Lot From Rachael Denhollander
Our congregations would benefit from future pastors who’ve been influenced by women like Rachael Denhollander.
Learning to Listen to #ChurchToo
Flawed and frightening as the #ChurchToo movement may be, the Christian community’s redemptive power as those indwelled by the Holy Spirit is greater.
Attending to the Least of These in the Age of Trump
Even now, those speaking loudest about the Trump tapes seem to overlook the exploited.
Jessica Jones, Abuse, and ‘The Courage to Be’
Jessica Jones illustrates the ontological, spiritual, and moral anxiety of abuse, as well as what Paul Tillich calls “the courage to be.”
Touchdown Jesus: Baylor’s Need for a Lingering Repentance
Carrying on with business as usual when something has gone terribly wrong is only playing at goodness—a sour imitation of the real thing.
