Brian J. Walsh's Blog, page 31

Dogged Faith

Great is the faith of the woman who dares to talk back; the one who dares to question; the one who dares lean in.

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You talkin’ to me? James and the Church

Some thirty five years ago I published my first article. It came out in a Berkeley, California based magazine of radical discipleship, appropriately named Radix.

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Misogyny, Feminism, Children and the Church

When I was in my mid-twenties I applied for an office job at my church. During my interview, the committee asked if I wouldn't be having children soon:

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A Community of the Word

(A meditation on James 3.1-18 at Wine Before Beer on July 22, 2014)

We are a community of the word.

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Christian Expletives and Public Discourse

The question was a test.

So it wasn’t a real question at all.

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Daddy’s Little Feminist

At Bible college, despite having the highest grades, I was made the butt of dumb blonde jokes by my male Bible professor in front of the class.

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Protected: Daddy’s Little Feminist

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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From Grace’s to James

(A meditation on James 2.1-26 presented at Wine Before Beer, June, 17, 2014)

It takes less than two bars for everyone to know what’s up.

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St. James and Regenerative Eroticism

I have been re-reading Barbara Kingsolver’s wonderful novel Prodigal Summer over the last few weeks.

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Desire of the Rich and Doers of the Word :: A Sermon on James 1.1-27

For James, theology preoccupied with getting your doctrine right, devoid of lives of generous discipleship, is bullshit, no matter how orthodox it may be.

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