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by Brian McLaren 07-12-2010 | 2:00pm
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Here are some of my favorite women writers of spirituality and theology in no particular order with short comments on why I recommend them.

  1. Sharon Baker: Her new book, Razing Hell, will put her on the front line of Christian thinkers asking important questions and responding to them in helpful ways.
  2. Phyllis Tickle: I'm one of many who has found in Phyllis a wise big sister and mentor. (The Great Emergence)
  3. Joan Chittister: She is a force of nature. Her books have enriched me for decades. (The Gift of Years)
  4. Rita Nakashima Brock: Rita's book Saving Paradise is a masterpiece.
  5. Cynthia Bourgeault: Cynthia reminds me of Thomas Merton -- she is a mystic with a brilliant mind who deserves far wider readership. (Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening)
  6. Sallie McFague: Sallie explores the boundaries of theology and feminism, ecology, and humanness. I find her ideas stimulating and challenging, page after page. (The Body of God)
  7. Nancey Murphy: Fuller Theological Seminary is fortunate to have this thought leader in postmodernism, science and faith, theological anthropology, and related issues. Her books have influenced me a great deal. (Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism)
  8. Jo-Ann Badley: Though she hasn't published yet, this professor from Mars Hill Graduate School is one of the best Bible expositors I've ever been exposed to.
  9. Diana Butler Bass: Diana radiates balance and insight as she writes on church history, ethics, and politics. (A People's History of Christianity)
  10. Sharon Watkins: She hasn't published either, but her leadership of the Disciples of Christ denomination is exemplary, and her theological instincts are superb.
  11. Ruth Padilla DeBorst and Elisa Shannon Padilla: These two sisters, daughters of Rene Padilla, are formidable theological thinkers who deserve a far wider audience -- not just as Latin American theologians, but as theologians of an emerging, holistic world Christianity. Both contributed to The Justice Project, which I helped edit.

Brian McLarenBrian McLaren is an author and speaker whose new book is A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith.

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by: suzannah@somuch

07-12-2010 @ 4:59pm

some of these women i haven't read since school, and other's i've not heard yet. thanks for this list--we need more women's voices!

making notes for my next library trip...:)

by: Kimberly

07-12-2010 @ 6:04pm

Great list - thank you! I would be remiss if I didn't lift up Anne Howard, author of Claiming The Beatitudes : Nine Stories from a New Generation and ED of The Beatitudes Society - http://www.beatitudessociety.org/claiming-the-b...

by: Kimber Lail Caldwell

07-19-2010 @ 6:31pm

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by: Kimber Lail Caldwell

07-19-2010 @ 6:31pm

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by: Andrea

07-12-2010 @ 6:46pm

thanks for the list!

by: Kimber66

07-19-2010 @ 6:36pm

I second all those who also mentioned Kidd, Taylor, Norris, Lamott... I would also like to add "The Goddess in the Gospels" by Margaret Starbird... esp. for "Guest"

by: Kimber66

07-19-2010 @ 6:36pm

I second all those who also mentioned Kidd, Taylor, Norris, Lamott... I would also like to add "The Goddess in the Gospels" by Margaret Starbird... esp. for "Guest"

by: idelette

07-12-2010 @ 9:26pm

Thanks for waving the flag for women writers!

by: SarcasticLutheran

07-15-2010 @ 6:18pm

I'd add Sara Miles from St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, SF (Take This Bread and Jesus Freak)
and Debbie Blue from House of Mercy in St Paul (Sensual Orthodoxy and From Stone to Living Word)

by: idelette

07-12-2010 @ 9:26pm

Thanks for waving the flag for women writers!

by: SarcasticLutheran

07-15-2010 @ 6:18pm

I'd add Sara Miles from St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, SF (Take This Bread and Jesus Freak)
and Debbie Blue from House of Mercy in St Paul (Sensual Orthodoxy and From Stone to Living Word)

by: Mack Ramer

07-12-2010 @ 9:07pm

I might add to the list Tatha Wiley's _Original Sin_ -- it was very illuminating on that subject for me.

by: Mack Ramer

07-12-2010 @ 9:07pm

I might add to the list Tatha Wiley's _Original Sin_ -- it was very illuminating on that subject for me.

by: Dan Ruth

07-12-2010 @ 8:57pm

I'll second Phyllis Tickle and Diana Butler Bass and add:

1. Ellie Roscher
2. Anne Lamott
3. Kathleen Norris

All amazing.

by: Noel Snyder

07-15-2010 @ 8:39pm

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Marilynne Robinson! Gilead is an amazing book and I look forward to reading her new book, Absence of Mind.

by: Dan Ruth

07-12-2010 @ 8:57pm

I'll second Phyllis Tickle and Diana Butler Bass and add:

1. Ellie Roscher
2. Anne Lamott
3. Kathleen Norris

All amazing.

by: Jim

07-15-2010 @ 8:25pm

A very important new book is:

PARADISE BENEATH HER FEET: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East, By Isobel Coleman

Along with the theme named in the subtitle, it's also the story of the rise of Islamic feminism -- which I'm convinced has the potential to transform not only Islam, but the whole "clash of civilizations" in the next generation.

by: lauretablondin

07-15-2010 @ 8:24pm

I had the wonderful opportunity to study under Jo-Ann Badley a few times. She is a truly remarkable professor of scripture! I, too, confirm that the writings of Barbara Brown Taylor, Kathleen Norris, Madeleine L'Engle, Anne Lamott and Jane Redmont are thought provoking.

by: plusultra12

07-15-2010 @ 9:12pm

Are there any witches on the list or those who promote the goddess sophia?

by: thomas0561

07-12-2010 @ 10:02pm

You MUST read Barbara Brown Taylor and Karen Armstrong

www.barbarabrowntaylor.com

by: Wormwoods_Doxy

07-12-2010 @ 11:24pm

1. Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing"--a truly lovely book on prayer.
2. Sara Miles, "Take This Bread," and "Jesus Freak"--about conversion and living a life in Christ.
3. Nora Gallagher, "Things Seen and Unseen," and "Practicing Resurrection"--about "call" and living in the community of faith

by: Linda McMillan

07-13-2010 @ 12:26am

I know it's a short list but you left out some of the great ones. There's Karen Armstrong, anything by Karen Armstrong. And Judith Antonelli,don't forget, whose In The Image Of God is a game changer in Torah study. And my very favorite book on prayer, mentioned by some others, is When In Doubt Sing by Jane Redmont. It's conversational and speaks right to the soul.

I am one of those people who could write a book about my favorite books, so I won't go on. But, I really do feel that the list is incomplete without these: Armstrong, Antonelli, Redmont.

by: duhsciple

07-17-2010 @ 8:03pm

what?

by: Linda McMillan

07-13-2010 @ 12:26am

I know it's a short list but you left out some of the great ones. There's Karen Armstrong, anything by Karen Armstrong. And Judith Antonelli,don't forget, whose In The Image Of God is a game changer in Torah study. And my very favorite book on prayer, mentioned by some others, is When In Doubt Sing by Jane Redmont. It's conversational and speaks right to the soul.

I am one of those people who could write a book about my favorite books, so I won't go on. But, I really do feel that the list is incomplete without these: Armstrong, Antonelli, Redmont.

by: Womanonhyphen

07-13-2010 @ 12:06am

Anne Lamott, "Traveling Mercies" "Plan B" and "Faith (Eventually)" for a 12-step perspective on spirituality out of frankly and deeply lived experience; and Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life" for a practical, practicable approach to prayer by a caring Episcopalian seeker with Jewish roots and a Catholic past.

by: Womanonhyphen

07-13-2010 @ 12:06am

Anne Lamott, "Traveling Mercies" "Plan B" and "Faith (Eventually)" for a 12-step perspective on spirituality out of frankly and deeply lived experience; and Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life" for a practical, practicable approach to prayer by a caring Episcopalian seeker with Jewish roots and a Catholic past.

by: ChaplainCarol

07-13-2010 @ 1:08am

Although she is not an official theologian, I love Episcopalian Madeleine L'Engle and her books of fiction, essays & poetry addressing the very practical issues of everyday ethics, action, and love of God. Her poetry on Advent and the Nativity is especially moving.

by: melissaderosia

07-13-2010 @ 1:45am

I would also add Carol Howard Merritt to this list.

by: melissaderosia

07-13-2010 @ 1:45am

I would also add Carol Howard Merritt to this list.

by: nunsuch

07-13-2010 @ 2:21am

Jane Redmont is good--I'd also add Kathleen Norris and Patricia Hampl. And try the "Manhattan Psalter" by Josephine Colon.

by: nunsuch

07-13-2010 @ 2:21am

Jane Redmont is good--I'd also add Kathleen Norris and Patricia Hampl. And try the "Manhattan Psalter" by Josephine Colon.

by: mevans01

07-13-2010 @ 1:52am

I would also add Jane Redmont, ("When in Doubt, Sing") Christine Pohl ("Making Room"), and Kate Braestrup ("Here if you Need Me") to that list.

by: mevans01

07-13-2010 @ 1:52am

I would also add Jane Redmont, ("When in Doubt, Sing") Christine Pohl ("Making Room"), and Kate Braestrup ("Here if you Need Me") to that list.

by: Travis Mamone

07-12-2010 @ 4:01pm

Cool, I'll have to check these writers out.

If the book is good, I don't really pay attention to the gender of the writer. Having said that, though, here are some of my favorite female spiritual writers:

1. Rachel Held Evans. She's taught me to be okay with having questions and not always having the answer.

2. Margaret Feinberg. Her books remind me that God is not just an abstract idea, but an actual being who desires to have a relationship with us.

3. Anne Lamott. Nine out of ten modern spiritual writers would not exist if it wasn't for Lamott.

4. Sarah Cunningham. I love her latest book, "Picking Dandelions." It's both funny and poetic.

5. Renee Johnson. Her specialty is twenty-something Christians, which is a group that I don't think gets a lot of attention from most ministries.

by: kansasmennonite

07-13-2010 @ 2:37am

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue. Reminds me of why I run from the religious right.

by: kansasmennonite

07-13-2010 @ 2:37am

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue. Reminds me of why I run from the religious right.

by: suzannah@somuch

07-12-2010 @ 4:59pm

some of these women i haven't read since school, and other's i've not heard yet. thanks for this list--we need more women's voices!

making notes for my next library trip...:)

by: Kimberly

07-12-2010 @ 6:04pm

Great list - thank you! I would be remiss if I didn't lift up Anne Howard, author of Claiming The Beatitudes : Nine Stories from a New Generation and ED of The Beatitudes Society - http://www.beatitudessociety.org/claiming-the-b...

by: Andrea

07-12-2010 @ 6:46pm

thanks for the list!

by: June Butler

07-13-2010 @ 12:34pm

Kathleen Norris - "The Cloister Walk", "Amazing Grace", Jane Redmont - "When in Doubt, Sing", Sara Miles, "Take This Bread".

by: June Butler

07-13-2010 @ 12:34pm

Kathleen Norris - "The Cloister Walk", "Amazing Grace", Jane Redmont - "When in Doubt, Sing", Sara Miles, "Take This Bread".

by: idelette

07-12-2010 @ 9:26pm

Thanks for waving the flag for women writers!

by: Mack Ramer

07-12-2010 @ 9:07pm

I might add to the list Tatha Wiley's _Original Sin_ -- it was very illuminating on that subject for me.

by: Dan Ruth

07-12-2010 @ 8:57pm

I'll second Phyllis Tickle and Diana Butler Bass and add:

1. Ellie Roscher
2. Anne Lamott
3. Kathleen Norris

All amazing.

by: thomas0561

07-12-2010 @ 10:02pm

You MUST read Barbara Brown Taylor and Karen Armstrong

www.barbarabrowntaylor.com

by: Palosaari

07-13-2010 @ 2:13pm

Dr. Murphy. also has taught some great classes on pacifism and imaginative nonviolent action.

by: Wormwoods_Doxy

07-12-2010 @ 11:24pm

1. Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing"--a truly lovely book on prayer.
2. Sara Miles, "Take This Bread," and "Jesus Freak"--about conversion and living a life in Christ.
3. Nora Gallagher, "Things Seen and Unseen," and "Practicing Resurrection"--about "call" and living in the community of faith

by: Susan_Phillips

07-13-2010 @ 2:58pm

Audre Lorde's "Sister Outsider" was an amazing gift I discovered through another incredible gift: Nancy Eiesland -- her book "The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability" is a profound call to bear witness to the intersection of incarnation, justice and redemption in a body broken for us.

The world is less without them.

by: Susan_Phillips

07-13-2010 @ 2:58pm

Audre Lorde's "Sister Outsider" was an amazing gift I discovered through another incredible gift: Nancy Eiesland -- her book "The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability" is a profound call to bear witness to the intersection of incarnation, justice and redemption in a body broken for us.

The world is less without them.

by: Jim Fisher

07-13-2010 @ 2:55pm

I'll second Barbara Brown Taylor. I just finished "An Altar in the World" and am now reading "Leaving Church". Her imagery is engaging and I love how she is focusing on becoming more fully human.

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by: Travis Mamone

07-12-2010 @ 4:01pm

Cool, I'll have to check these writers out.

If the book is good, I don't really pay attention to the gender of the writer. Having said that, though, here are some of my favorite female spiritual writers:

1. Rachel Held Evans. She's taught me to be okay with having questions and not always having the answer.

2. Margaret Feinberg. Her books remind me that God is not just an abstract idea, but an actual being who desires to have a relationship with us.

3. Anne Lamott. Nine out of ten modern spiritual writers would not exist if it wasn't for Lamott.

4. Sarah Cunningham. I love her latest book, "Picking Dandelions." It's both funny and poetic.

5. Renee Johnson. Her specialty is twenty-something Christians, which is a group that I don't think gets a lot of attention from most ministries.

by: Travis Mamone

07-12-2010 @ 4:01pm

Cool, I'll have to check these writers out.

If the book is good, I don't really pay attention to the gender of the writer. Having said that, though, here are some of my favorite female spiritual writers:

1. Rachel Held Evans. She's taught me to be okay with having questions and not always having the answer.

2. Margaret Feinberg. Her books remind me that God is not just an abstract idea, but an actual being who desires to have a relationship with us.

3. Anne Lamott. Nine out of ten modern spiritual writers would not exist if it wasn't for Lamott.

4. Sarah Cunningham. I love her latest book, "Picking Dandelions." It's both funny and poetic.

5. Renee Johnson. Her specialty is twenty-something Christians, which is a group that I don't think gets a lot of attention from most ministries.

by: Travis Mamone

07-12-2010 @ 4:01pm

Cool, I'll have to check these writers out.

If the book is good, I don't really pay attention to the gender of the writer. Having said that, though, here are some of my favorite female spiritual writers:

1. Rachel Held Evans. She's taught me to be okay with having questions and not always having the answer.

2. Margaret Feinberg. Her books remind me that God is not just an abstract idea, but an actual being who desires to have a relationship with us.

3. Anne Lamott. Nine out of ten modern spiritual writers would not exist if it wasn't for Lamott.

4. Sarah Cunningham. I love her latest book, "Picking Dandelions." It's both funny and poetic.

5. Renee Johnson. Her specialty is twenty-something Christians, which is a group that I don't think gets a lot of attention from most ministries.

by: suzannah@somuch

07-12-2010 @ 4:59pm

some of these women i haven't read since school, and other's i've not heard yet. thanks for this list--we need more women's voices!

making notes for my next library trip...:)

by: suzannah@somuch

07-12-2010 @ 4:59pm

some of these women i haven't read since school, and other's i've not heard yet. thanks for this list--we need more women's voices!

making notes for my next library trip...:)

by: Kimberly

07-12-2010 @ 6:04pm

Great list - thank you! I would be remiss if I didn't lift up Anne Howard, author of Claiming The Beatitudes : Nine Stories from a New Generation and ED of The Beatitudes Society - http://www.beatitudessociety.org/claiming-the-b...

by: Kimberly

07-12-2010 @ 6:04pm

Great list - thank you! I would be remiss if I didn't lift up Anne Howard, author of Claiming The Beatitudes : Nine Stories from a New Generation and ED of The Beatitudes Society - http://www.beatitudessociety.org/claiming-the-b...

by: Andrea

07-12-2010 @ 6:46pm

thanks for the list!

by: Andrea

07-12-2010 @ 6:46pm

thanks for the list!

by: Dan Ruth

07-12-2010 @ 8:57pm

I'll second Phyllis Tickle and Diana Butler Bass and add:

1. Ellie Roscher
2. Anne Lamott
3. Kathleen Norris

All amazing.

by: Dan Ruth

07-12-2010 @ 8:57pm

I'll second Phyllis Tickle and Diana Butler Bass and add:

1. Ellie Roscher
2. Anne Lamott
3. Kathleen Norris

All amazing.

by: Dan Ruth

07-12-2010 @ 8:57pm

I'll second Phyllis Tickle and Diana Butler Bass and add:

1. Ellie Roscher
2. Anne Lamott
3. Kathleen Norris

All amazing.

by: Mack Ramer

07-12-2010 @ 9:07pm

I might add to the list Tatha Wiley's _Original Sin_ -- it was very illuminating on that subject for me.

by: Mack Ramer

07-12-2010 @ 9:07pm

I might add to the list Tatha Wiley's _Original Sin_ -- it was very illuminating on that subject for me.

by: Mack Ramer

07-12-2010 @ 9:07pm

I might add to the list Tatha Wiley's _Original Sin_ -- it was very illuminating on that subject for me.

by: idelette

07-12-2010 @ 9:26pm

Thanks for waving the flag for women writers!

by: idelette

07-12-2010 @ 9:26pm

Thanks for waving the flag for women writers!

by: idelette

07-12-2010 @ 9:26pm

Thanks for waving the flag for women writers!

by: thomas0561

07-12-2010 @ 10:02pm

You MUST read Barbara Brown Taylor and Karen Armstrong

www.barbarabrowntaylor.com

by: thomas0561

07-12-2010 @ 10:02pm

You MUST read Barbara Brown Taylor and Karen Armstrong

www.barbarabrowntaylor.com

by: Wormwoods_Doxy

07-12-2010 @ 11:24pm

1. Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing"--a truly lovely book on prayer.
2. Sara Miles, "Take This Bread," and "Jesus Freak"--about conversion and living a life in Christ.
3. Nora Gallagher, "Things Seen and Unseen," and "Practicing Resurrection"--about "call" and living in the community of faith

by: Wormwoods_Doxy

07-12-2010 @ 11:24pm

1. Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing"--a truly lovely book on prayer.
2. Sara Miles, "Take This Bread," and "Jesus Freak"--about conversion and living a life in Christ.
3. Nora Gallagher, "Things Seen and Unseen," and "Practicing Resurrection"--about "call" and living in the community of faith

by: Womanonhyphen

07-13-2010 @ 12:06am

Anne Lamott, "Traveling Mercies" "Plan B" and "Faith (Eventually)" for a 12-step perspective on spirituality out of frankly and deeply lived experience; and Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life" for a practical, practicable approach to prayer by a caring Episcopalian seeker with Jewish roots and a Catholic past.

by: Womanonhyphen

07-13-2010 @ 12:06am

Anne Lamott, "Traveling Mercies" "Plan B" and "Faith (Eventually)" for a 12-step perspective on spirituality out of frankly and deeply lived experience; and Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life" for a practical, practicable approach to prayer by a caring Episcopalian seeker with Jewish roots and a Catholic past.

by: Womanonhyphen

07-13-2010 @ 12:06am

Anne Lamott, "Traveling Mercies" "Plan B" and "Faith (Eventually)" for a 12-step perspective on spirituality out of frankly and deeply lived experience; and Jane Redmont, "When In Doubt, Sing: Prayer in Daily Life" for a practical, practicable approach to prayer by a caring Episcopalian seeker with Jewish roots and a Catholic past.

by: Linda McMillan

07-13-2010 @ 12:26am

I know it's a short list but you left out some of the great ones. There's Karen Armstrong, anything by Karen Armstrong. And Judith Antonelli,don't forget, whose In The Image Of God is a game changer in Torah study. And my very favorite book on prayer, mentioned by some others, is When In Doubt Sing by Jane Redmont. It's conversational and speaks right to the soul.

I am one of those people who could write a book about my favorite books, so I won't go on. But, I really do feel that the list is incomplete without these: Armstrong, Antonelli, Redmont.

by: Linda McMillan

07-13-2010 @ 12:26am

I know it's a short list but you left out some of the great ones. There's Karen Armstrong, anything by Karen Armstrong. And Judith Antonelli,don't forget, whose In The Image Of God is a game changer in Torah study. And my very favorite book on prayer, mentioned by some others, is When In Doubt Sing by Jane Redmont. It's conversational and speaks right to the soul.

I am one of those people who could write a book about my favorite books, so I won't go on. But, I really do feel that the list is incomplete without these: Armstrong, Antonelli, Redmont.

by: Linda McMillan

07-13-2010 @ 12:26am

I know it's a short list but you left out some of the great ones. There's Karen Armstrong, anything by Karen Armstrong. And Judith Antonelli,don't forget, whose In The Image Of God is a game changer in Torah study. And my very favorite book on prayer, mentioned by some others, is When In Doubt Sing by Jane Redmont. It's conversational and speaks right to the soul.

I am one of those people who could write a book about my favorite books, so I won't go on. But, I really do feel that the list is incomplete without these: Armstrong, Antonelli, Redmont.

by: ChaplainCarol

07-13-2010 @ 1:08am

Although she is not an official theologian, I love Episcopalian Madeleine L'Engle and her books of fiction, essays & poetry addressing the very practical issues of everyday ethics, action, and love of God. Her poetry on Advent and the Nativity is especially moving.

by: ChaplainCarol

07-13-2010 @ 1:08am

Although she is not an official theologian, I love Episcopalian Madeleine L'Engle and her books of fiction, essays & poetry addressing the very practical issues of everyday ethics, action, and love of God. Her poetry on Advent and the Nativity is especially moving.

by: melissaderosia

07-13-2010 @ 1:45am

I would also add Carol Howard Merritt to this list.

by: melissaderosia

07-13-2010 @ 1:45am

I would also add Carol Howard Merritt to this list.

by: melissaderosia

07-13-2010 @ 1:45am

I would also add Carol Howard Merritt to this list.

by: mevans01

07-13-2010 @ 1:52am

I would also add Jane Redmont, ("When in Doubt, Sing") Christine Pohl ("Making Room"), and Kate Braestrup ("Here if you Need Me") to that list.

by: mevans01

07-13-2010 @ 1:52am

I would also add Jane Redmont, ("When in Doubt, Sing") Christine Pohl ("Making Room"), and Kate Braestrup ("Here if you Need Me") to that list.

by: mevans01

07-13-2010 @ 1:52am

I would also add Jane Redmont, ("When in Doubt, Sing") Christine Pohl ("Making Room"), and Kate Braestrup ("Here if you Need Me") to that list.

by: nunsuch

07-13-2010 @ 2:21am

Jane Redmont is good--I'd also add Kathleen Norris and Patricia Hampl. And try the "Manhattan Psalter" by Josephine Colon.

by: nunsuch

07-13-2010 @ 2:21am

Jane Redmont is good--I'd also add Kathleen Norris and Patricia Hampl. And try the "Manhattan Psalter" by Josephine Colon.

by: nunsuch

07-13-2010 @ 2:21am

Jane Redmont is good--I'd also add Kathleen Norris and Patricia Hampl. And try the "Manhattan Psalter" by Josephine Colon.

by: kansasmennonite

07-13-2010 @ 2:37am

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue. Reminds me of why I run from the religious right.

by: kansasmennonite

07-13-2010 @ 2:37am

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue. Reminds me of why I run from the religious right.

by: kansasmennonite

07-13-2010 @ 2:37am

Sarah Palin: Going Rogue. Reminds me of why I run from the religious right.

by: June Butler

07-13-2010 @ 12:34pm

Kathleen Norris - "The Cloister Walk", "Amazing Grace", Jane Redmont - "When in Doubt, Sing", Sara Miles, "Take This Bread".

by: June Butler

07-13-2010 @ 12:34pm

Kathleen Norris - "The Cloister Walk", "Amazing Grace", Jane Redmont - "When in Doubt, Sing", Sara Miles, "Take This Bread".

by: June Butler

07-13-2010 @ 12:34pm

Kathleen Norris - "The Cloister Walk", "Amazing Grace", Jane Redmont - "When in Doubt, Sing", Sara Miles, "Take This Bread".

by: Palosaari

07-13-2010 @ 2:13pm

Dr. Murphy. also has taught some great classes on pacifism and imaginative nonviolent action.

by: Palosaari

07-13-2010 @ 2:13pm

Dr. Murphy. also has taught some great classes on pacifism and imaginative nonviolent action.

by: Jim Fisher

07-13-2010 @ 2:55pm

I'll second Barbara Brown Taylor. I just finished "An Altar in the World" and am now reading "Leaving Church". Her imagery is engaging and I love how she is focusing on becoming more fully human.

by: Jim Fisher

07-13-2010 @ 2:55pm

I'll second Barbara Brown Taylor. I just finished "An Altar in the World" and am now reading "Leaving Church". Her imagery is engaging and I love how she is focusing on becoming more fully human.

by: Jim Fisher

07-13-2010 @ 2:55pm

I'll second Barbara Brown Taylor. I just finished "An Altar in the World" and am now reading "Leaving Church". Her imagery is engaging and I love how she is focusing on becoming more fully human.