A Prayer for Those Experiencing Trauma
Gracious and Eternal God:
You are the God and Father of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus, the Christ.
Lord God, I thank You for Your grace and Your mercies;
And I thank You that Your faithfulness is everlasting; ...
There Is Only Us, an Excerpt of “Loving the Hell out of Ourselves”
My therapist suggested that I let my feelings out in a controlled environment that was safe. So instead of driving too fast or eating the entire carton of ice cream, or taking a baseball bat and—well, never min...
Is Pro-Life Evangelicalism Killing Adoptees?
Adoptive parents can build platforms and careers off adoption, but adoptees who circumvent the system, usually offering their emotional labor at no cost, receive backlash.
What Does It Mean To Be Disembodied?
Reembodied people reembody others: they help give back all the pieces of life that get boxed, cut-off, disintegrated, scorned.
Bad Theology Promotes Sexual Abuse
Genesis 1:27 is significant for those of us who once were blissfully unaware of the depths of abuse in our churches, for it secures our understanding of who and what people are. Despite any theology or ideology or actions to the contrary, people are people. They are not objects.
Hurts That Hurt: A Litany for Surviving Trauma and Finding Help for Healing
For those of us who have survived war, abandonment, cancer, abuse, the loss of a loved one, or generational trauma, this litany is for us.
I’ve Had Enough of #Solidarity
Are we really in this together?
Healing Racial Trauma
But it is America. We have a history of racially traumatizing behavior toward the most vulnerable.
Deconstructing: When the Price is Belonging
This walk of faith might be a death of sorts.
Using Stories to Bridge the Empathy Gap
As people of faith and social justice advocates, how can we bridge or tighten this empathy gap?