Below is a reading for you to meditate upon as Summer comes to a close. If you would prefer to listen to the meditation, click here.
In the beginning God enjoyed herself. She laughed out loud and laughed some more because it was good. She sat back and smiled. She clapped her hands in glee and imagined her sisters dancing.
She did nothing but enjoy and it was everything.
If there is anything new under the religious sun, it is the changing patterns of how people are religious.
By Diann L. Neu | Think about how you incorporate times of pause into your daily and monthly schedule.
By Diann L. Neu | Draw in fulfillment, passion, and abundance from the gifts of Earth.
“Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit”
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
1 pm – 2 pm EDT
Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s theological interest is in the area of Constructive Theology, Feminist Theology, and Asian Theology. Her teaching and research center on giving a voice to the marginalized and those on the underside of history. Her new book Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit (Palgrave Pivot) examines how globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han) for the earth’s exploited peoples and lands.
Wondering why WATER has been flowing faster than usual? With 3 new interns in the office along with our year long Loretto Volunteer Wendy Mallette, the pace has quickened, and the possibilities are endless.
So if you’ve been dying to put a face to the voice who answered the office phone, the signature on that letter, or the worker behind website updates,
The first Volunteer in Global Service fulfilled the group’s mission with generosity, skill, and style.
Join WATER in celebrating over 30 years of using feminist religious values to create social change! Watch this 3 minute video that highlights programs of the Alliance’s 30-year history.
Thank you for being a part of WATER’s history!
Pour yourself a glass of water, and join us in toasting WATER’s 30th Anniversary!
Raise your glass, and give thanks that thirty years ago Divine Wisdom called us to gather a dozen women, respond to a need, and create WATER. Cheers!
Grace Ji-Sun Kim will be presenting at our teleconference July 10th on “Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit.”
Originally Posted on Feminist Studies in Religion
Much of my personal life intersects with race, religion, and gender issues. In some ways, the word intersects is too gentle. Perhaps collide better captures what occurs in my life as an Asian North American woman theologian, writer, minister, and mother. As I try to engage in theological dialogue, live in community with the dominant, unfamiliar culture, and raise my kids with concerns on how to be just in this world, I realize that the lives of all people, especially people of color, collide and clash with others on the critical issues of race, religion, and gender.