“God’s social location is nowhere near women or Black people. I had to start looking for an image of the Divine that can speak to that.”
Interview
“I have the sense that Mechthild of Magdeburg’s whole life was lived in pursuit of her divine beloved.”
“My mama was womanist. My grandma is womanist. Just because they don’t have the language or the identifier doesn’t make them less womanist.”
“Looking east can free us a bit from our anxiety or ecclesiastical culture wars or general air of being panicked and overstretched.”
“We turn to Thurman, Bonhoeffer, Day, Heschel, and Niebuhr because they never let us forget the important questions.”
“Dolly Parton says she is singing for everybody. I am trying to translate for everybody.”
“The most magical part of thru-hiking is the community that we share.”
“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”
“People from every religious tradition want to be of service to God’s creation in a genuine way.”
“We began to paint frescoes on the ruins of abandoned churches. We did not ask anyone’s permission.”
“If racism is a class weapon, then ending racism is in the self-interest of nearly every American.”
“What advantage do we gain by possessing a Pauline theology that lies outside and above his writings?”
“All of our efforts at changing the social fabric of this country must begin with changing the geographic fabric.”
“I was a child who loved to read. But I didn’t see a lot of characters that looked like me.”
“Yearning for life is a part of what it means to be human.”
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