Solidaridad

American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting 2010

2010-11-05T18:37:00.013-04:00

I presented at AAR for the first time! So of course I want to share :)This is just my part of the presentation although I was in the company of some amazing women. I wrote it to be read out loud of course - so you can imagine that part of it for yourself...Celebrating and Con-Questioning Mary Daly AAR 2010 Women and Religion Section October 31, 2010 It was 5 years ago here at AAR that I

Revolutionary Road

2010-05-04T00:35:00.005-04:00

Recently, I watched Revolutionary Road. Love the title, because the thing about these characters' lives is that there is nothing revolutionary about it. Revolutionary Road is such a sad story, but also so reflective of the way too many people live their lives - basically according to the scripts and narratives they have inherited about what a "good" life is. And regardless of whether that "good"

Mary Daly's Memorial Webcast!

2010-04-25T12:18:00.002-04:00

If you cannot attend but would like to witness Mary Daly's MemorialSaturday, May 1st, watch the live webcast! Please tell everyone you'd like. The directions to sign up to view the program are below. Please note that arrangements must be made before Saturday, May 1, to view it. Webcast of Memorial Service for Mary Daly.Please note: the quality of the image and sound will be affected by the speed

PhD Hoops

2010-04-10T10:00:00.002-04:00

I watch Criminal Minds sometimes cause I love watching the awkward goofy genius guy at work. Of course, the show is about *criminal* minds and the FBI behavioral analysis unit that tries to figure out the mind of the criminal - so their work is no walk in the park. So at the end of one episode the chief, recounting the difficulty and horror of the day's work, wondered of the other agents: "How

Mary Daly Memorial - May 1, 2010

2010-03-10T14:16:00.004-05:00

The power of your presenceis requestedat a memorial Re-membering mary dalyA celebration of her life and work will take place onSaturday, May 1, 2010 at 2 P.M.The Auditorium of Washburn HallEpiscopal Divinity School99 Brattle StreetCambridge, MA All are welcome.It will help in our organizing if you visit www.marydaly.org by April 4, 2010 and let us know your plans to

Mary Daly, Oct. 16, 1928 - Jan. 3, 2010

2010-01-05T14:07:00.008-05:00

I write with a lot of sadness - my shero and friend, the Courageous Mary Daly died in the early morning of January 3rd. She was with sister Hags by her side when she died peacefully to the words of her own Elemental work, the Wickedary.It goes without saying that the world is different because Mary's life force has been through it. I know I am different. I will miss her terribly. I also know that

To Dialogue Across Difference

2009-10-25T13:13:00.004-04:00

What is required to dialogue across difference? My brain thinks about this all the time. It all started when I learned about Audre Lorde's "Open Letter to Mary Daly"... It makes me want to hide---To know you no moreTo be known by you---And then rejectedTo feel you never knew me---You never loved meIt makes me want to hide---You are fragile---And so am II hope to not reject youRejection hurts forever---In a split secondMoments pass, we are distant

2007-01-30T09:38:00.000-05:00

A note from an LA friend after I sent him an update on my life, in it's original form:As an aspiring atheist (I'm not quite there yet) I take the news that you will becoming a minister with both joy and a some sadness. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't sell out Xochitl. Don't let anyone thwart your beautiful and open minded view on God/Jesus (yes I know that I capitalized God while aspiring

Jesus the Christ

2007-01-13T12:27:00.000-05:00

I would like to work on a sermon about what it means for Jesus to be the Christ, but I work best if I am working from a specific bible text...does anyone have a recommendation for a bible passage that would be a good one for investigating Jesus as Christ?? I will of course look at the text within the context of the whole book or letter, but I need a text focus point.:-) Thanks! And once I finish

My Birthday Present (with details!)

2007-01-03T04:40:00.000-05:00

It's a girl!!My new godbaby was born on my birthday :-)Cynthia Ryzelle AcevedoBorn January 2, 2007around 10am in Las Vegas, Nevada and weighed a little over 7 pounds :-)I think the sun definitely shone through the darkness for me today...Must have been that sun lamp someone wished my way ;-)Thank you!And now my first goddessbaby is a very happy big sister!

3:08

2006-12-31T12:12:00.000-05:00

It just startsEverything had seemed okand then it all just starts againAll of a sudden and ever so slowlythe tightening, the knotedness, it's all right thereit's stuck and nothing gets throughBut the tightening continuesand there's no expressing itno releaseAnd the water rises and it builds and buildsAnd has nowhere to goThere is no air and nowhere to goNo way to make it go

Connecting Across Difference

2006-12-30T15:28:00.000-05:00

A few of my posts recently have been about how I am struggling - life has just been rough lately. And everyday is unknown - I don't know what kind of day it will be, how much I will cry that day, how little I will be able to get done - if anything at all, what kind of company I will be to others or if I will even be able to function...on the days I cannot function, I end up just staying home and

Jesus Herself

2006-12-30T12:59:00.000-05:00

Recently I got to using female pronouns for Jesus, cause Jesus' gender is neither here nor there in importance - hope you all don't mind :-)

My Christian Theology through a Dalyan Lens

2006-12-14T00:56:00.000-05:00

I mentioned in my previous blog post that I would post an essay about how my theology, how my Christianity, has developed through a Mary Daly lens. What follows is my understanding of Christianity in the only way that I can find it truly life-giving and passion igniting - through feminism :-) Enjoy and feel free to give me feedback - it's a theology in progess... Sinning Big: Redemption as

Living Out My Theology

2006-12-11T11:39:00.000-05:00

I came to some clarity today...I very much understand Christianity and the living out of my theology through a Mary Daly lens...Someone, a classmate I highly respect who is one of the good ones (in terms of Christianity) ;-) once said how it is his Christianity that ignites passion, inspiration, energy and motivation in his life. I told him that being aware of the pervasiveness of sexism and

Mary Daly's Hope

2006-11-13T14:32:00.000-05:00

Unbelievably, Mary Daly once thought there was an alternative to rejecting the church that wouldn't be "self-mutilation."She said of staying in the church despite its sexism, "This is commitment to radical transformation of the negative, life-destroying elements of the Church as it exists today. The possibility of such commitment rests upon clear understanding that the seeds of the eschatological

Maybe Mary Daly was right...

2006-11-10T13:54:00.000-05:00

It seems that about once a semester I have a complete breakdown in the classroom in front of all my classmates; I lose it and have a dramatic emotional outburst...interestingly, and perhaps not surprising, the last two times have been around the topic of church, and my last outburst was yesterday.The discussion began with Baptism - the question of who, how, and when to baptize - mind you, this is

We Make Jesus Ugly.... Reflections I gave on Mark 10:32-45 at Boston University School of Theology Chapel Sevice 10/25/2006

2006-11-05T21:43:00.001-05:00

We’re in a context where there exists a lot of different ideas of what it means to be a Christian/ Some are very specific ideas; and I think much of it has to do with how we interpret glory. Here in this text, the disciples and Jesus seem to have some very different ideas of what glory is…Today’s text begins with Jesus, for the third time now, predicting his suffering, execution and resurrection.

A Coming Out Reflection

2006-10-15T15:33:00.000-04:00

A reflection on Mark 10:17-31Being a Christian – participating with God in shalom – participating with Jesus in the new way of living and loving that he came to the world to teach us – is kind of like coming out. This past Wednesday was National Coming Out Day. It’s a day when we celebrate those who had been hiding their true selves, who had been living in the closet, but have now made the brave

Response to Genet

2006-08-06T11:26:00.000-04:00

I posted this as thoghts in response to another's blog: Tuesday, August 01, 2006The Bible as fountainhead of sexism: money, lesbian power and visionsBy Guest Columnist GenetThere are so many different things that you say to which I would love to be able to respond – the time I have available allows me to only offer a few thoughts…for now :-) First I want to say that it is wonderful to meet

Be-ing a Christian

2006-07-30T19:41:00.001-04:00

Why do I write "being" as be-ing? It all goes back to a most amazing, wild and wicked, Mary Daly... whom I soooo love :-)She defines be-ing as the active human participation in Ultimate/Intimate reality; i.e. God/ess. In this way, to "be" cannot be interpreted as the pasive sense of existence or of being alive. Be-ing is active, it is a verb, it is our active and open response and participation

Christianity Rediscovered

2006-07-27T11:34:00.000-04:00

I was on the plane reading Christianity Rediscovered when I read something so enlightening that for about five minutes I had to resist the urge to start a theological conversation with the strangers seated next to me...lucky for them I was able to resist myself, although it was very hard! But now I can share what I read with you...Vincent J. Donovan was a Catholic missionary in Tazania and a