“I picture myself running outside with lightness and a smile across my face.” This vision of myself as a happy, free runner seemingly came out of nowhere. I was listening to a spiritual teacher who encouraged me to write down a vision for my future. The thing about writing, especially with pen and paper, is that it tends to take on a life of its Read More
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Class: Building Our Compassion Muscles
I had the enormous pleasure of presenting this class on "Building Our Compassion Muscles" for my alma mater Davidson College. If you've been needing a little bit more compassion in your life, either for yourself or other people, I hope you'll tune in and practice some strength exercises that will help us all become a little bit more compassionate Read More
Denying Abortion Coverage Is Not a Religious Value
Co-authored with Sheila Katz and Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe As leaders of organizations that represent countless people of faith across the nation, we want to set the record straight: We are people of faith and we are pro-choice. We believe in the dignity and worth of all people, and that belief drives our commitment to ensuring universal access Read More
A Season to Rest
“Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible." Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times In the Christian calendar today marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a time associated with sacrifice, grief, and contemplation of our mortality. Honestly, though, haven't we already been Read More
Webinar: Pregnancy Shaming
Pregnancy shaming. It was done to Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the ancient biblical story. It is done today to countless individuals when they are pregnant and unmarried, have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to full-term, choose not to have children, or choose to become pregnant or parent in ways that do not comply with Read More
God’s Song in a Strange Land: 2020 Mother’s Day Tribute
by Cari Jackson and Katey Zeh Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Inspired by: How shall we sing God's song in a strange land? (Psalm 137:4) How do we honor Mothers in this pandemicWhen many Mothers are dying without their loved ones nearAnd Others are grieving dying children they cannot touch?How do we sing God's song in this Read More
Take your dinner to go.
I just wanted to have a nice dinner. I’ll spare you the details, but while on a family vacation, I ended up saying this to a random person I got stuck next to at dinner one night, “I really don’t need you to explain the history of Christianity to me.” I’m not one to start fights, but I sure to get invited to a lot of them. They're hard to Read More
What is Reproductive Loss?
What is reproductive loss?I did all the Googling. I looked in the books I have about reproductive health and rights. I couldn't find a good definition. So, I created my own. "Reproductive loss is an inclusive term for any experience of grief in a person’s life related to their reproductive health, fertility, the outcomes of a pregnancy, or the Read More
Mary Magdalene Revealed
I’ve never been good at sitting still. When I get my hair trimmed, my stylist has to manually tip my head multiple times. Otherwise I’d end up with an unfortunate asymmetrical style. So on Saturday when I heard that cringe-inducing “pop” of my ankle rolling out of place, I knew what I was in for: an unwelcome time of rest and Read More
Time to shimmy out of that old skin.
The morning of New Year's Day, bleary-eyed and half-asleep, I was out walking my dog when I ran into a neighborhood kid carrying her puppy Chevy home. “Happy new year!” I said. “Did you make it to midnight?” “Yeah,” she said. “I had to help my pet snake shed his skin.” Well, that was just about the last thing I Read More