Category: Inclusion & Diversity
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Holy is the Refugee
In 2023 I was planning for a Lenten season focused on the body. I wanted to lift up the value of bodies that are often mistreated and undervalued in our world. The result is a kind of “beatitudes of the body”, a prayer for change and a reminder that human beings bear the image of…
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Our Hearts Proclaim a Living God
Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ, has called us to faithful and expansive language for God for decades with work including the groundbreaking book She Who Is (1991). More recently, she wrote: “All-male images of God are hierarchical images rooted in the unequal relation between women and men … Once women no longer relate to men as patriarchal fathers,…
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Love these Human Bodies
Our bodies are gifts of God, but cultural messages, practical challenges, aging, and loss can complicate our relationship with this holy gift. This text is a reminder to care for ourselves and one another. You can preview or purchase the text here. It can also be found in my collection Elemental Joy. It’s paired with…
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Give Me A Name
I first became interested in the many instances of renaming in the bible when I changed my last name to honor my grandmother’s ministry many years ago. This concept took on a new urgency when I attended a conference held by and for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming folks in January of 2023. I was surrounded…
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As We Are, We Are Yours
I have participated in many communities that try to welcome those on the margins of society or on the margins of the church. This is a beautiful sentiment, and it can also contribute to more “othering”. In the contexts that I experienced it was we, the white, the educated, the wealthy, the able-bodied, the cisgender: we embrace…
Hannah C Brown 