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ReThinking Advent.
I’m usually so wary of Christianese. You know, that sappy blue poster with Jesus-is-Lord in curlicue font. White porcelain angels on display, their eyes so dewy i want to dab them with a tissue. Pink...
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On Mary & Elizabeth (Rethinking Advent, Days 6 – 10)
We meet somewhat biweekly over home-cooked food for conversation. I’ve been piecing together small lessons and discussion guides on womyn in the Bible; we started with Eve, my notes guided from “Eve...
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Here & Not Yet: Rethinking Advent Days 11 – 15
It’s a proper New England winter outside, snow accumulating along brined pathways, the draft from my window at war with my clanking heater. Jonathan’s out for a walk, the novelty of pink cheeks and...
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Smoky-Eyed Wonder: Rethinking Advent, Days 16 – 25.
The last stretch of highway we took wound its way through backwoods Virginia. Day 16: Strong. I’m always getting lost in rural Virginia. There was the time in 2011 when we detoured to Williamsburg and...
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Committing + Confirmation: On Finding a Church Home
We’ve committed. Hell, we had our first confirmation class this morning. After years of waffling, of hurling insults of elitism and masculine language, of denying the abiding current of the liturgy – a...
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