Growing Into Kinship
Liz Cooledge Jenkins, Elizabeth Berget, Shelly Shepherd, Halley KimRelearning how to think & feel & pray & live post-evangelicalism
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What actually first drew us to evangelicalism?
“A friend invited me to a prayer meeting. Everyone shared prayer requests and then prayed for one another. I was surprised by how moved I felt when someone I didn’t know very well prayed for me. That they would care enough to bring me befor...
What makes a church feel safe?
Friends,
Several years ago I attended a church whose tagline literally included the words “a safe place.”
This church turned out not to be a safe place. At least not by the time I stopped attending there. At least not for me.
Photo by Ve...
Joseph's amazing technicolor princess dress—and my hand-me-down boys' cargo shorts
Friends,
Last week I got to write for the lovely Feminism and Religion blog, sharing some thoughts that Shannon T. L. Kearns’ reflections on evangelical purity culture as a transgender man sparked for me as a cisgender woman.
The piece be...
Cool new books: Love Like a Mother, by Elizabeth Berget
Friends,
In Nice Churchy Patriarchy, I’ve got a chapter called “Her Eye Is on the Sparrow.”
I start with how a seminary chapel musician’s rewrite of the classic hymn “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” hit me in the gut with truths I hadn’t quite...
Evangelicalism haunts my dreams (literally)
Friends,
I wanted to share three dream snippets from the last few months. Real, literal, nighttime dreams that I’ve had. Don’t worry, I’ll be brief.
Dream #1:
I’m running and hiding, trying to escape from agents of an evil empire (th...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Writer, preacher, former college campus minister. Author of Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women's Humanity from Evangelicalism. Pacific Northwestern-er, swimmer, casual vegetable gardener, avid tea drinker.
Christian writer exploring maternal imagery for God in the Bible - and how God loves us like a mother. My book Love like a Mother: How the Sacred Work of Motherhood Reveals the Maternal Heart of God comes out May 2026 with Brazos Press.
Expanding a longer and wider Table… one that Mary Magdalene offered to Jesus and he said yes…
Writer. Exvangelical heretic. Former pastorʼs wife. At times a preacher, nurse, doula, lactation consultant, midwifeʼs assistant, activist. Always a troublemaker.
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