It was a joy to co-lead with Rev. Andrea Clark Chambers an Equity for Women in the Church “Calling in the Key of She” workshop at Memphis Theological Seminary’s Scholars Week. Our workshop, “How to Be a More Inclusive Community,” addressed changing church and society from patriarchal to egalitarian so that the gifts of all […]

Co-Pastors: Rev. Dr. Irie Lynne Session, Rev. Kamilah Hall Sharp, Rev. Yvette Blair-Lavallais Equity for Women in the Church collaborated with Memphis Theological Seminary (MTS) to present Scholars Week. Rev. Kamilah Hall Sharp’s workshop, “The Gathering: A Womanist Pastoral Model,” got a standing ovation! Her workshop was indeed impressive, and especially helpful to Equity for […]

At the opening worship service at the Nevertheless She Preached Conference in Waco, Texas, Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell brought the words I needed to hear. The night before I had trouble sleeping. I lay awake feeling overwhelmed by all the suffering of women and others, wondering what I could do that would make any difference. Also, […]

At the Nevertheless She Preached Conference, Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney nourished my mind and spirit with her life-giving, female-affirming sermon on the book of Hosea. Sermons I have heard on this biblical book have focused on the unfaithfulness of Israel, imaged as Gomer, the “adulterous” wife of Hosea. In these interpretations of the relationship between […]

  These days there are so many things needing resistance: separation of immigrant children and parents, discrimination and violence against women, discrimination and violence against people of color, discrimination and violence against LGBTQ persons, uncontrolled gun violence resulting in tens of thousands of deaths of children and adults each year, voting rights suppression, pay inequality […]