WISDOM CRIES OUT IN THE STREET
by Carolyn Roncolato
The black students of University of Missouri have been on my heart these last two weeks. I am moved by their bravery, their wisdom, their furry, and their joy in the fight against deep and pervasive racism. Their struggle for justice calls to mind one of my favorite images ..
RECKONING WITH FEAR
by Charles Bowie
Halloween is a time of fun and co-splay. It is a time in which we embrace fear. During Halloween we desire fear. It is a thrill ride for us. We visit haunted houses and woods; dress up as monsters and fantastical creatures.
The irony however is that while fear is desirab..
DARK REVELATION
by Katie Ladd
As the days continue to get shorter and the nights longer, light and darkness are on my mind.
I’m a star gazer. Let me change that. I would be a star gazer, except stars cannot really be seen in cities like where I live. Several years ago when Mars was going to be especially pr..
ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS
by Ann Pederson
Living Until We Die, Dying Until We Live
Celebrating life with a how to die party: or
What do I want when I am not able to know what I want
Surrounded by some of our favorite people, we chose to spend this last Sunday night talking about how we would want to live when we are dy..
The Scales of Justice: What Exactly Is Being Weighed?
by Brianne Donaldson
This essay is one of a 6-part series titled “What is Justice?”:First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Lady Justice is the only cardinal virtue to be memorialized in stone and paint. While her cousins Temperance, Prudence, and Fortitude primarily inhabit the pages of ..
CONCRESENCE AS INCLUSION IN EVERY BECOMING MOMENT
by Dr. Arlette Poland
Whitehead coined the term conscresence. It is described variously as the intake and decision making in the becoming event or experience. John Cobb, Jr. describes it as the “process of becoming ‘concrete’.” (Cobb, 2008, 59) The process takes place in time and is experienced..
PLANS – OR VISION?
by Krista E. Hughes
In his poem “What To Remember When Waking” poet David Whyte describes the moment we wake from sleep, noting that fleeting sliver of time between our waking and our planning of the day before us. He cautions that our life is much too large for the limited plans we make for it..
IN MEMORY
by Charles Bowie
On August 24, 2015, I participated in a memorial for Quentin Holt. He was my friend, little brother, and my barber.
This reflection reminds me of how process theology has provided me with a framework for making some sense of living in the world; some sense of the loss of lov..
CREATIVITY AND PROCESS
by Charles Bowie
God works with the world as it is in order to bring it where it can be. – Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, In God’s Presence: Theological Reflections on Prayer, 18.
This month I want to reflect on the above excerpt from Marjorie Suchocki’s Theological Reflections on Prayer. This text w..
A NEW INTEREST IN HEAVEN
by Carolyn Roncolato
I often invite students to bring to class their most befuddling theological question. This week a friend asked me what mine is- I quickly answered “the afterlife.” Though I have never had a sufficient explanation for or understanding of the afterlife, I never worried that m..