Wrestling with Shifting Faith in a Restless World
I’m white. This reality cannot and will not change. The skin I was born in immediately gave me an inheritance of privilege that I never knew about until it was pointed out to me. Even then, I struggled to accept the very notion of possessing racial privilege because I felt there was so much disparity…
A few weeks ago, the church I’ve been attending here in Edmonton co-hosted a church picnic. Being a student, I couldn’t afford much in the way of food but I did have a vehicle I could bring to assist transporting people to the picnic grounds. Wouldn’t you know it: there was a new woman there…
Great post from Jane Barter… This past week, I participated in a panel on women in theology in Canada at the annual meeting of the Canadian Theological Society. I was asked to speak on the current state of affairs for women in theology in Canada, which, according to my research, is not a very happy…
My dearest Cubbie, Dodger, & Rex, Today the United States is in the process of electing a new president. Like the rest of the world, Canadians are watching with baited breath to find out in a few short hours who that new president will be. While we aren’t Americans, the impact of the US election…
Claudia Procula is said to have been the wife of Pontius Pilate. As he was trying Jesus for blasphemy, it is said she had a dream about the dangers of persecuting Jesus — the greatest of all Innocents. Claudia was believed to be a proselyte of Judaism, who eventually embraced Christianity. As the granddaughter of…
By no means do I feel I have any new or insightful contributions around the cultural shift towards “being White”. I know that I am Caucasian; I know this has brought with it racial privilege; and I also know that it in recognizing privilege and racism, I have failed to really grasp what it means…
My quiet times have been far from quiet these past few days. I suppose that’s what quiet times are set aside for: the bubbling up of all the loudness and crazy in my life so that I’m able to release it to God. But what happens when I can’t release it? What happens when the…
