minister, author, teacher, chaplain
She Lives! Sophia Wisdom is working in the world through Equity for Women in the Church! Several weeks ago Equity for Women in the Church held two meetings at the annual Alliance of Baptists Gathering in Atlanta. These were not just informative business meetings where leaders spoke; they were sacred circles where stories were told […]
This year at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, I was struck by the number of sessions that focused on the pandemic of violence against women and girls. I grieved that this violence continues, often fueled by religion. The emphasis was on religion not only as a cause of this violence, but also […]
My week at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW) reconfirmed for me the ways in which equality for women intersects with all other justice concerns. Presentations focused on topics ranging from economic justice to racial justice to ecology to education to peacemaking to health to justice for LGBTQ persons to eliminating […]
Giving a presentation with Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Ann Smith at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine was one of the exciting experiences I had during the week I spent in New York City at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW). This presentation, “Transforming Church and Society Through Sophia […]
From Dallas to New York City, we sounded the call to celebrate women’s achievements and to join together to work toward full equality for women. Dallas Celebration of International Women’s Day: “Make It Happen” In Dallas on March 7, we celebrated International Women’s Day. Rosemarie Rieger chaired the planning committee for this celebration with the […]