Thirsting, questing for true equality and peace
I once heard Krista Tippet being interviewed instead of doing the interviewing. She spoke about asking people not the question she wanted to ask, but the question she thought her guest would want to answer. That shift is deeply important. That is exactly what Meta Carlson did when she sat Kirstin Burch and I down […]
Anyone else need some good news these days? Subscribe to this blog Leave this field empty if you’re human: Play Like a Girl City Stay and Like a Girl are two places giving me hope. Youth are leading the way to peace: While the news cycle was saturated with separating families at the border, the […]
Heidi Barr and I are two months into an adventure called 12 Tiny Things. We are taking one aspect of life and reflecting on it for a month in order to deepen and nurture our roots. Join us on Facebook and our website. Here are some brief notes from my month focusing on WORK: Subscribe to […]
A home brings with it the stability necessary to dream. ZOOM House goes well beyond shelter, supporting residents holistically. I’m thrilled to be the keynote speaker at ZOOM House’s gala. Please join us and invest in their work of offering dignity through housing and advocacy. Subscribe to this blog Leave this field empty if you’re […]
In 2014, Rabbi Hayim Herring, PhD and I co-edited Keeping Faith in Rabbis, a wonderful compilation of essays. One of those fine essays, “Preventing Clergy Sexual Abuse” by Rabbi Ellen Lewis, seems extremely timely and relevant these days in light of the numerous sexual assault charges coming to light. Andrew Barron of Avenida Books supported […]
I launched Play Like a Girl on August 15 at Open Book in Minneapolis. People I love and strangers, former and current students, Kenyan Americans and even a few Kenyans filled the room. Asha, Teka and I talked about KGSA and the process of bringing Play Like a Girl into the world. We answered questions […]
Although churches tend to talk exclusively about money when they talk about stewardship, Beyond the Offering Plate explores how we are stewards in so many other areas of our lives. We are also stewards of our time, mind, work, and technology to name a few. Subscribe to this blog Leave this field empty if you’re human: […]
This book is a quick 63 pages full of gems. I picked it up at just the right moment: as I am working on my own identity as a feminist mother, as I continue to work on relevant sex education and as I am on the brink of my book release about amazing girls working […]
Successfully educating girls in extreme poverty is no small task. A fascinating part of the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy success story is watching founder Abdul Kassim meticulously and strategically address the girls’ needs in order of urgency. Over the years, the needs are met more effectively as well. For example, in 2002 the school had […]
This year I was hungry for Pentecost. I yearned for the story– a bunch of people in a room, speaking different languages yet understanding each other. Speaking our truth in our language and working toward understanding of the other is our work in the world, our community and our family. Subscribe to this blog Leave […]