Take the time to judge your judges

Difficult as it is to believe, Texas has reinstated Judge William Adams, who was videotaped beating his daughter with a belt. The incident happened in 2004 but the videotape was released on YouTube in 2011(warning: very difficult to watch). The Dallas Morning News explains he was issued a public warning. They also write, “Adams doesn’t come up for re-election until 2014. However, county commissioners...

American Nuns

I just couldn’t let any more time go by without writing a post about the awesomeness of the American Nuns and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). They are great examples of true Sacred Feminists. The Atlantic Magazine has done a series of articles on Brave Thinkers of 2012 and “American Nuns” is one of them. I love this article because it gives a simple timeline of the events between the nuns and...

Prayers and Thanks to Malala

The world has learned of a young Sacred Feminist in a tragic way. You have probably heard of the Taliban’s attack on fourteen year old Malala Yousafzai and her two friends in Pakistan. Today I “shared” a picture on Facebook. The cartoon read, “What terrifies religious extremists like the Taliban are not American tanks or bombs or bullets. It’s a girl with a book.” Brilliantly...