Today is Juneteenth–in fact, the first observance of Juneteenth since President Biden signed the bill marking June 19 as a federal holiday. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and read from General Order Number 3: “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the […]
Cultural Theology
Magnificat, Nullius Minuat
CW: Mentions of sexual assault I wrote this Magnificat-and-not (nullius minuat) litany for a worship service first celebrated December 31, 2017. The sermon is titled, “Magnificat and #MeToo”. It is a call and response between the Magnificat of Mary (Luke 1:46-55) and an imagined response by Tamar, daughter of David, after she was raped by […]
“The Next Right Thing”
Anyone who has had to sit through one of my Easter sermons knows that, as joyful as I find Resurrection Sunday to be, the holiest part of the Triduum for me is Saturday. I think it is impossible for us to fully grasp the joy and hope and celebration of Christ’s resurrection, to understand the […]
Hans is us: the complexity of Frozen’s villainous prince
Prince Hans of the Southern Isles is either the most underhanded of Disney villains, or the most unjustly accused. The dashing prince, who is set up as a hero for so much of 2013’s Frozen, takes a heel turn so suddenly that it spawned fan conspiracy theories across the Web. (Steve Wetherell and Brendan McGinley […]