Guest Post: Mistaken Enemy #CopingWithCOVID19
By Brita When I went on a mission to South America over 20 years ago, I knew that I would learn things there that would stay with me throughout my life. But I had...
Category: Belief
Affirming mantras about our bodies, body size, and food during a global pandemic. #CopingWithCOVID19
May 2020 By LMA These mantras are associated with a blog post on fat phobia and our changing bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are applicable other times, too. My body is one of...
Fat phobia, our changing bodies, & the COVID-19 pandemic. #CopingWithCOVID19
by LMA May 2020 I am a fat woman. My fat body is a valuable body. She is a comfort to me. She is the only thing I’ve had with me throughout my whole...
Book Review: The Tree at the Center by Kathryn Knight Sonntag
Kathryn Knight Sonntag’s collection of poems in The Tree at the Center explore the divine feminine through themes of nature, creation, joy, birth, and the center of things. Several of the poems are inspired...
A Primer on Blessings
The blessings by poet and United Methodist minister Jan Richardson have been giving me a lot of comfort in recent weeks. Nearly every Zoom church service I plan includes a reading from her book...
Guest Post: A Good Mormon Woman
by Kristie Carlson I’m writing about my experience, which is valid because it’s my experience. It’s okay if it’s not your experience. Scroll on; or read it and try and understand another perspective. If...
Guest Post — My Hands: A Triad of Poems
By Dianna Human Hands My hands Are the way they are For a lot of reasons. Short-fingered Because my dad’s genes. Veins that pop out Like my mom’s veins. Nails I’ve finally learned To...
Guest Post: A Poem for Mother’s Day
by Laura Riddle Parry I watch my mom cradle my newborn baby. She is so gentle, exquisitely gentle, as she lowers the babe from her shoulder to gaze into her eyes. She coos and...
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