birth – Salvaged Faith

Reproducing in the Church #NaBloPoMo

Katie Z. — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:12:19 +0000

I was sitting at a conference with some friends and the speaker kept lifting up the decline in membership of the United Methodist Church. One of the reasons cited was United Methodists were having less children than we used to. And the four of us all stole a glance at one another. The speaker was...

Unimagineable…

Katie Z. — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:00:02 +0000

I think in some ways, I’m still in shock. Or exhausted. or both. At 2:45 on Monday afternoon, we announced that we had raised $2,009,907 for Imagine No Malaria as the Iowa Annual Conference. I had spent my lunch break sitting on the floor of the treasurer’s office counting the dollars that districts had raised...

competing goods and womens’ bodies…

Katie Z. — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:12:15 +0000

And I guess why this is so exasperating for me, personally, is that I can't figure out what to say and where to stand. I see all sorts of different sides to these issues. There are a thousand shades of grey to understand in the conversations and multiple "goods" that unfortunately do not play well together. And so when I'm asked my opinion or what I think about it, it would probably take three hours just to lay out all of the pieces of the puzzle... and that doesn't include any time spent trying to actually give an answer.

born this way

Katie Z. — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:10:00 +0000

A good friend helped me to find a post by Brian Kirk called “Lady Gaga, Lent, Teens, and Original Sin.” It is a good read, but there are a few tweaks that I might have made to his argument. In his article, Kirk shows how Lady Gaga’s latest song “Born This Way,” helps teenagers to...

FF: Ritual

Katie Z. — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:38:00 +0000

From Rev Gals: I believe that we live in a ritually impoverished culture, wherewe have few reasons for real celebration, and marking the passages of life.So… 1. Are ritual markings of birth marriage and death important to you?Absolutely! They are how we make meaning out of these very difficult and beautiful transitions in our lifes....