I am a mid-life mom, lawyer, creative, and person of faith. I am passionate about justice, art, and loving the people around me with all my heart. I have been married for 29 years this year to a man I fall more in love with each year, and I have three amazing, loving, talented, and beloved children.
My journey began in my large biological family, as the oldest of seven siblings. Raised in a conservative Christian movement that I now understand is a cult, I felt a lot of certainty about my beliefs and my place in the world. In college, some of my friends teased me for some of what they thought were more extreme views and understandings, but they just seemed “normal” to me. After college, when I worked as a Christian minister for several years, I felt proud that I was able to “hold the line,” that it was easier for me to comply with religious ideas and rules because none were as strict or demanding as what I experienced growing up.
Time in the black church opened my eyes to the different ways that theology shapes our understanding not only of God but of our place in the world. The contrast between the exodus theology and the triumphal white nationalist theology of my upbringing could not have been further apart. I felt more at home in services in the black churches we attended, as a woman and as a person who needed help from God to sustain me rather than provide me with power to conquer my days.
I have been meaning to start a blog for years but am only now making my first halting start at putting my thoughts into the world. I hope that this will be a journey of adventure and discovery, and I would love for you to join me.