We all need to get dirty more often, for our health and possibly for our souls, which may need to root in something more substantial, and messier, than words.
Dirt
by Sallie Bingham in Women, Politics 4 Comments
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Dirt
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.
Growing Pains
Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s shells are long gone but the lessons she draws from them are as fresh as the sunrise this morning.
Mabel’s House
It seems we are still confined, in our appreciation of women, to admiring our roles as facilitators of other people’s lives.
It’s Over Folks!
The “angry white men” we hear so much about have every reason to be angry. Their reign, centuries long, is over.
Girls of Summer
If she can move like this playing paddle ball, surely she can act with equal skill, grace, and assurance in a board room, a corporate office, or an artist’s studio.
Mother’s Sons
Part of our deep emotional and spiritual connection to the babies we bore means that we sense, wordlessly, their injury and violation.
Behind the Dumpster
We have spent several decades trying to undo the pernicious syndrome that blamed the victim for these attacks… but our attempts falter when common sense is thrown to the wind.
The Rogue Factor
A week ago, I had the distinct honor and privilege of speaking to 300 students and faculty at Morehead State University in the far eastern corner of Kentucky. The experience will stay with me for a long while.
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?