Seminary Ruminations
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Lament
Lament Dearest Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and feminine Spirit, hear my humble prayer. A wounded heart bleeds. It feels like the bleeding won’t stop. The intensity of the pain waxes and…
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Amos and Hosea: Social Justice Prophets
From the exodus out of Egypt through the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Hebrew Bible is full of stories of conflict, questioning, greed, and betrayal. Prophets, or teachers inspired by God,…
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Making Sense of the Unthinkable
There is a disconnect between myself, a twenty-first century woman, and our Hebrew ancestors who wrote the Hebrew Bible over two thousand years ago. That was so long ago, and our lives seem…
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Babylonian Influence on the First Biblical Creation Story
This week I had the pleasure of exploring the first Biblical creation story found in Genesis 1 – 2 within the historical context of the author(s)[1]. Specifically, the Babylonian Exile which occurred from…
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A Bit of a Shift
Hello Friends, It has been quite some time since I last posted on the blog. Over the past year I began uncovering and discerning a deep-rooted call to ministry in the United Methodist…