“Equity Live” kicked off this week with Rev. Dr. Irie L. Session interviewing Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross and me about Equity for Women in the Church, an ecumenical movement to facilitate equal representation of clergywomen as pastors of multicultural churches in order to transform church and society. Our mission is not only to advocate and network […]

News stories keep uncovering devastating, widespread sexual abuse in Southern Baptist, other evangelical churches and institutions, and churches of other denominations. Many church leaders have rushed to apologize and pledge to put regulations in place to prevent ministers and lay leaders from abusing women and girls. But they have failed to examine the biblical misinterpretations […]

Click here to support Equity Live. (This invitation includes excerpts from “Calling in the Key of She: Empowerment Program” brochure, created by Equity for Women in the Church Board member Rev. Andrea Clark Chambers.) You’re invited to support “Equity Live,” conversations on the equal representation of clergywomen as pastors. These liberating and illuminating conversations will […]

Ruah, Breath of Life, breathe in us.Jesus, Bread of Life, give us strength. Ruah, Breath of Life, breathe in us, we pray,that we may spread goodness to all people on earth.Spirit, wind of change, bring a peaceful day,and we will join you, bringing life to birth. Ruah, Breath of Life, breathe in us.Jesus, Bread of […]

“The Art of Resilience,” an event organized and led by my good friend Rev. Dr. Isabel Docampo, inspired and challenged me. The title perfectly described the event that employed creative arts—poetry, music, painting, photography, sculpture, drama—to amplify the Latinx witness to strength and courage through our troubled times. Dr. Docampo, director of The Center for […]