Category: Gender
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A Litany for Mother’s Day
To you who have nurtured us, who have struggled so that we might live and flourish in the world. To you who have cared for our bodies and souls, who have given of yourself to make our future possible. To you, our mothers who birthed us. To you, our mothers who adopted us as your…
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“I’m Not Ready to Make Nice”: Reflections on the Inward Journey
Given for chapel at United Seminary on November 17, 2016 in the wake of the 2016 election. Three pieces were read before the sermon: “For the Unknown Self” by John O’Donohue Proverbs 4:20-27 “A Brave and Startling Truth” by Maya Angelou In the spring of 2003 I was enrolled in a course at the University…
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Mother(s)
I wrote this poem on Saturday as a part of the #slamstigma slam poetry close for the conference “Mental Health and the Faith Community’s Response“. The event was publicized as follows: 1 in 5 Americans live with a mental health condition. Many times they are stigmatized, feared and shunned. Others suffer silently, afraid to share their stories…
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A Note to G
January 5, 2016 Dear G- I love you! I can’t believe that a new year has sprung; you are now 81. Sometimes I wonder about you–about the world that you knew back in 1940, ’41, and ’42. Why and when did you cry? When did you feel and know you were alive? When did the terror…
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On Love: #ReasontoRise
It’s Valentine’s Day…have you seen the posts from Sojourners about joining with One Billion Rising in speaking out against violence against women? I have and am writing as my act of solidarity with people around the globe to demand an end to gender violence. Particularly as a person of faith, I want to speak out this weekend…
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On Growing Up an Evangelical Woman
My pastor, Dan Collison, at First Covenant Church in Minneapolis asked if I would share my story of growing up as a female person in the evangelical church…and I wanted to share it with you. You can either read it below, or you can watch a version online. It is my story of navigating the conflicting…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 