As people learned about Chauvin's guilty verdict and Ma'Khia Bryant's death nearly simultaneously, I saw how it takes a lot of courage to hope, to feel that all the small and massive actions matter, and that that courage can break and reconstitute itself, and I don't feel able to name the source of love -- … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 25 April, 1-2pm IST →

Settler colonialism displaces people (and other creatures) and ruptures their relationships with land, other beings and within themselves. One of the reasons religion (I am thinking about Christianity, specifically, but it could be other religions) seems to be such an effective tool for colonisation is that it is the dimension where these relationships are simultaneously … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 18 April, 1-2pm, IST →

As someone who struggles with routines, I find it slightly astonishing that, with the exception of 2-3 Sundays, I have managed to be in this Coffee Hour space every week since we first began in March of 2020. This is in part because there is something in me that needs the space -- but this … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 11 April, 1-2pm Irish time →

"Later I discovered stories that centered on people on the margins — Black, queer, women and others. These theologies radicalized my faith; I saw myriad possibilities of God in the world. When I looked in the mirror, I saw the divine in myself and in the faces of those around me. This changed everything. The … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 4 April, 1-2 Irish time →