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April 13: WATER Meditation/Contemplative Prayer

Meditation/Contemplative Prayer “What Can I Say” with Judy Bond Monday, April 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM (EST) at WATER and by Telephone Our next gathering for Contemplative Prayer at WATER will be with Judy Bond on Monday, April 13, 2015, at 7:30 PM (EST). Register Here!  WATER offers a contemplative prayer opportunity each month. This is a communal meditation that welcomes everyone. You are […]

Report on 2014 Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network Meeting in San Diego

by Mary E. Hunt and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza The Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network held its annual meeting in conjunction with American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature gathering in San Diego, CA on November 21, 2014. The topic was teaching and activism that engage gender-based violence as part of feminist liberation theological praxis. More than […]

March 8 Discussion with Alice Knowles

Catholic Lesbian/ Queer Women’s Discussion “Community and Its Role in Our Spiritual Development“ with Alice Knowles Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. EST REGISTER HERE Alice Knowles was born in Boston, Massachusetts into an Irish Catholic family. She is the third child of five – one of four daughters. Faith and church were central to their […]

When Will Religious Leaders Start to Act Like Religious Leaders: Reflections on the LDS Press Conference

by Sharon Groves Some are arguing that the recent LDS news conference on religious freedom and nondiscrimination was a strategic ploy to give the church a platform to fight for broad religious exemptions in upcoming nondiscrimination bills. Others view the statements as an incremental step forward that will create a wedge between Mormons and conservative […]

A Poem from Annabeth Roeschley

“A Place Like WATER”  by Annabeth Roeschley If there is a place where hard work is sustained by hard laughter, hard play, I have found it at WATER. If there is a space created and cultivated for women to make waves in religion, I have dug it deeply at WATER. If there is an energy sparking […]