I think a lot about issues of race, gender and class. I read about it and talk it over with people every week. I am working my way through an expensive program in order to write my dissertation about it. I care about matters of diversity and justice a great deal. Ever since talking to … Continue reading »
This is part 3 of a series of critical questions. You can find part 1 and part 2 here. “Is the internet for women and gays?” may seem like at odd question at first – but there is a story behind it. I am coming at the question as a researcher. I am doing research … Continue reading »
Originally published as ‘The Silent White Guy and Invisible Black Women’. I am glad that people liked the idea of Critical Theory (from part 1) and the structure of the questions that I put forward. I did notice 2 places where the conversation trickled to an drip. One is the issue of what white guys … Continue reading »
Originally published as ‘Beyoncé and the Bigger Question’. Over the last 2 weeks I have watched the blowback over the Beyoncé SuperBowl Half-Time Show with great interest. I have read several interesting articles – both in support and in criticism – of the spectacle. This is a part of what is becoming a theme for … Continue reading »
Originally published at HBC A good questions can get to the heart of an issue – or expose the underlying assumptions that lie behind an issue. I learned early on in ministry to ask a simple question about marriage: If I as an ordained minister perform a wedding ceremony for a couple, but they have … Continue reading »
Last week I read a fantastic post by Julie Clawson. I wrote a post asking her some questions. She responded and so did Carol Howard Merritt. Then Rachel Held Evans gave it ‘Conversation of the Week’ in the coveted Sunday Superlatives! These 3 women great authors and speakers. I feel privilege to have them … Continue reading »
3 themes continually emerge in my conversations these days – these 3 things about humans I have become convinced of: Humans are mammals. The nipples and bellybuttons give it away. Some people will want to say that we are more than mammals, but we are not less than mammals. One can argue that we are … Continue reading »
