Vote on Ordination Jubilee Sallie McFague is one of my personal saints. She’s a theological scholar who manages to jump out of every box people put around her, and is a strong voice for ecological and gender justice. She writes in ways compelling both to theological academics and to justice-minded church-goers alike; her work is on the ground and relevant …
The Promised Land
The Week’s Events Jubilee Ordination Candidate Forum About a month ago, a few of us went to hear Kathryn Tanner speak on the ways that finance intersects with our Christian commitments. This was not your average stewardship discussion. While I disagreed with some of her premises, the questions she was asking were fascinating. It just so happens that they intertwine …
Images of Jubilee
Growing up in a fundamentalistish church, I learned to read Scripture in a particular way. It was understood as a monolithic text with a cohesive narrative arc, one story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. This story conveyed information and our task was to receive it. In particular, this story was the story of God’s action in the …