Category: Popular Culture
Eternity Revitalized: A Lenten Sermon on the Victory of Love over Blandness
The following is adapted from a sermon delivered at The United Church of Cookeville in Cookeville, TN on March 18th. You may be aware of today’s New Testament reading if you live in America and have... Read More
Racism in America as Noted by a Light-Skinned, Mexican-American
Ever been followed in TJ Maxx because you are not white? I have. Ever been told, “You aren’t Mexican, you are too light. You must be Spanish?” I have. Ever have your former in-laws complain abou... Read More
IWD: To celebrate or to mark?
On the 101st International Women’s Day – like many women, I’m faced with a mixed bag of emotions. I want to celebrate our achievements, our gains, our pioneers – but I’ve also just retur... Read More
On Masks, Masking, Control, and Lack Thereof
In Hebrew, the words for face, “panim,” and internal, “pnim,” comes from the same root and has the same exact letters פנים. This is precious poetry in one word, singing in ... Read More
Muslim Women Have Love Lives As Well!
Ever since I heard about the book project of Love, Inshallah last Fall through the Facebook grapevine, I have been eagerly awaiting its publication. The co-editors of the anthology, Nura Maznavi and A... Read More
I Am So Much More Than a Statistic
People think that a high school drop out, drops out because they get pregnant, or they use drugs, or they lack intelligence, or they are lazy. The fact is, that kids drop out of high school for variou... Read More
A Search for Meaning in The Walking Dead
Since Mary Shelly penned Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, the world of story telling has used monsters to hold a mirror up to the human condition and force questions that, under normal circumstanc... Read More
Heteronomy and the Inner Lyra: On Not Becoming Ordained
On Thursday, February 23, 2012, I made the most difficult decision of my life: I formally withdrew from the candidacy process for ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). At le... Read More