Faithlessness is, first of all, a failure of the imagination.
Blog Posts on Religion
Las Posadas
There was a magic in the pretty Mary and her shiny blue gown next to the tall Joseph with his staff.
Re-Imagining
Reimagining the way the Christian Church in all its forms might benefit women… raises, inevitably, the issue of language.
We Have Done It Before
We rounded up men who had committed no crimes, on suspicion only. We are doing it again.
Your 16 Favorites of 2016
As this memorable year comes to an end, I’ve chosen my sixteen most popular posts of the year, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.
Holy Family
The American Dream didn’t just promote home ownership. It also promoted large families… The ideal, for some, was The Holy Family of the Bible.
Resisting the Annunciation
As we head, again, into the season of attacks on reproductive rights… I wonder how many of them stem, unconsciously, from the familiar version of the Annunciation.
Touch
It has always been clear to me that words, on which I’ve built my creative life, can’t heal. They can illuminate and inspire… but those same words would be powerless to heal in the face of tragedy.
Egg Day
This past Lent I thought I made an agreement with myself to enter into all the ceremonies of that six-weeks season of suffering… and then to reward myself with the glorious resurrection of Easter.
The Queen
Women have always thronged to churches, finding solace in this image of holy suffering. Is it possible that someday we will throng to the images of the Queen?