Virginia Ramey Mollenkott’s The Divine Feminine and All We’re Meant to Be, by Letha Dawson Scanzoni and Nancy Hardesty, are the two books that have had the most profound influence on my pastoral vocation that includes writing feminist theology and worship resources. The Divine Feminine opened my mind and imagination to female divine imagery […]
Resources
Indigenous Women and the UN Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Lessons
One of the most moving sessions I attended at the UN Commission on the Status of Women highlighted the perspectives of indigenous women on the implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a packed room, indigenous women from around the world and others spoke about the importance of including indigenous women in working […]
UN Commission on the Status of Women: “The Essentials: Food, Water, Women and Justice”
One of the most emotionally intense sessions I attended at the UN Commission on the Status of Women was entitled “The Essentials: Food, Water, Women and Justice.” Panelists and respondents expressed anger and frustration over all the suffering women and others still experience from hunger, poverty, injustice, and environmental devastation. Though some participants in this […]
Why We Need a UN Global Conference on Women: 5WCW
The first session I attended at the UN Commission on the Status of Women focused on the need for a UN sponsored 5th World Conference on Women (5WCW). The leaders of this session gave us blue buttons with “5WCW” and urged us to sign a petition to President Obama: http://5wcw.org/. The 4th World Conference on […]
“Contemplations from the Heart: Reflections on Family, Community, and the Divine,” by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Last summer I had the delightful experience of participating with Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim in a focus group in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Mary Ann Beavis, religion professor at St. Thomas More College, facilitated this group of thirteen women reflecting on the ways we integrate the Female Divine into our Christian faith. The stories […]