This year I have chosen not to wait alone. In my longing, grief, and pain, I have invited others to join me. I asked a group of friends via a…
Guest ContributorDecember 20, 2021
In the Cherokee tradition, the land and water are essential to our lives. The relationship with land and water is not one of just utilization but is a sacred space…
Guest ContributorDecember 10, 2021
Prayer is a contradiction. And while the kneeling position may seem like a posture of submission, prayer itself can be a battle. Her prayer is not a moment of inaction.…
Guest ContributorDecember 3, 2021
Welcome to our blog series "Longing: Advent for Faithful Activists". Advent, which means “coming”, is a season where we acknowledge that things are not as they should be. We are…
Guest ContributorNovember 29, 2021
Prayer is a contradiction. And while the kneeling position may seem like a posture of submission, prayer itself can be a battle. Her prayer is not a moment of inaction.…
Guest ContributorAugust 30, 2021
In one generation, my family lost ties to Indigenous language, culture, and ways of knowing. I grew up being told that my grandpa was Cherokee and English (and possibly a…
Guest ContributorAugust 19, 2021
But reading Delores Williams helped me to understand that Black women are also pulling theological source material from their own lives and not just from the Christian scripture. How they…
Guest ContributorAugust 12, 2021
We push two dining tables together to make room for all of the family members and Abuelita’s tamales. It’s rare that representatives of the Indian, Colombian, and American families can…
Guest ContributorAugust 6, 2021
My name is Elia. I’m an early 80s millennial and an Indigenous Chicana. I grew up as a child of both the Brown Church and the Chicana/o movement. My parents…
Guest ContributorJuly 22, 2021
“¿Quién va a orar?” is the opening question around the dinner table in my family. The prayer, regardless of who has the honor of leading us, tends to go along…
Guest ContributorJuly 22, 2021
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