“The great late radical feminist theologian Mary Daley wrote in an introduction to her first book about the trouble she had just getting around to writing it. Everything else—cleaning the house, buying groceries, taking the dog to the vet—took precedence over this thing that she wanted to do more than anything else… eventually she determined…
Tag: writing
How Words, My Sister, and Mrs. Bessie Helped Me Work Through My Fear of Public Speaking
By Dawn Onley My sister is running late. She’s always running late. I look to see where we are on the program. After two more people, I’m next to go. I look at my watch and then glance up the hallway. Still no sign of her. I rehearse in my mind what I’m going…
Inspired by the Word
By Samantha McKenzie “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the Word was God.” The Holy Bible, John 1:1 Believe it or not, I began my college career as a finance major even though math was never my strong suit. In 1985, when I was enrolling in college, I had…