This post by Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry is with me this week. Alongside photographs of Hebron, she writes: "I visited Palestine to study Palestinian Liberation Theology for 2 weeks while in seminary in 2014. I was tear gassed at a camp. Pulled over constantly because I was traveling with Palestinians. It is apartheid … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 16 May, 1-2pm IST →

In June I hope to be able to travel from Ireland to the UK to participate in a transformative justice retreat focused primarily on embodied griefwork. It was something I initially suggested to my friend Lelo, and then it became something that Lelo and I wanted to pursue together, both in order to work a … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 9 May, 1-2pm Irish time →

This week I've been thinking a lot about Catholic women, the ones I know a little about, such as Dr. Mary McAleese (former President of Ireland), Dorothy Day, the poet Fanny Howe, the theologian M. Shawn Copeland, Sister Stan Kennedy and Sister Corita Kent (whose artworks are featured here -- and thanks forever to É. … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 2 May, 1-2pm IST →

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 →

This week is Palm Sunday for many Christian-identifying people around the world, and I am holding the words "triumphant entry into Jerusalem," as many texts describe this event, with the image of Jesus on a donkey's colt, flanked by people waving palms and yew branches. Without the weight of tradition built up around this story, … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 28 March, 1-2pm Dublin time →

Kwok Pui-lan "Using an embodied ritual and liturgy allows participants free expression for prayer... This embodied ritual is also an actualization of the call to reconstruct the meaning of a woman's body, which is the seat or locus of exploitation, and reclaim it as hallowed ground and a temple of the spirit." Carmelita M. Usog, … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 21 March, 1-2pm IST →

A conversation between four theologians (two of whom have been my professors) who are important to my doctoral research set my mind on fire this week. I am linking the whole thing here, but if you only have a little time, you can go directly to approximately minute 42, where Dr. JoAnne Marie Terrell talks … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 14 March, 1-2pm IST →