This morning I woke up wanting to write for my blog but couldn’t decide on a topic. I prayed for Sophia Wisdom’s guidance. Not long after my prayer, a package arrived with Courtney Pace’s new book on Prathia Hall. Now I’ve never been one to open the Bible and believe that the first thing I […]

The call to “believe the women” echoes through the centuries. Mary Magdalene and the other women proclaimed the Good News of Jesus’ resurrection to the apostles who didn’t believe them (Luke 24: 1-11). People today still too often refuse to believe women who preach Good News and who speak out against abuse and violence. But […]

Most of my poetry writing has taken the form of song lyrics. But I just found this poem that seems even more relevant now than when I wrote it a while back, so I decided to post it. Gossamer Freedoms Women’s rights are human rights; human rights are women’s rights, not always so, may not […]

  In Women Rise Up: Sacred Stories of Resistance for Today’s Revolution, Rev. Katey Zeh combines her gifts as a compelling storyteller, creative Bible teacher, and social justice activist. In a time when many people are misusing the Bible to limit the gifts of women called to ministry, to justify exclusion, to shame survivors of […]

At a recent Equity for Women in the Church event, focused on ecowomanism, my friend Sarah Macias told me a fascinating story from her life and work on Sister Grove Farm in Van Alstyne, Texas. An ordained minister, Sarah is one of the leaders of the Alliance of Baptists Creation Justice Community with a mission […]