by Alyssa Aldape | Aug 26, 2022 | Opinion
I attended seminary in the hopes of reconnecting to a faith that began to crumble around me. My Christianity informed by a historically white church and denomination did not fit quite right anymore. The rigid teachings began to crack under the pressure of curiosity,...
by Alyssa Aldape | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
Frederick Buechner’s words are like lightning bugs in the darkness of grief or in the shadows of the ordinary. They illuminate bits of divinity we might not have seen otherwise. His words give us permission to dive into what is unknown and, in the end, discover that...
by Alyssa Aldape | Jul 29, 2022 | Opinion
A seminary professor once spent a semester ingraining in us the importance of understanding complex theological platforms. Then, he graded us on how well we were able to clearly summarize it for people who didn’t spend three years going into debt studying theology....
by Alyssa Aldape | Jul 8, 2022 | Opinion
I knew of the word “virgin” before I knew what it meant. That is to say – I had no idea of the construct of virginity or how one obtained or lost it, but I knew it was an important piece of the Christian narrative. I just thought it was part of a name. Like the way...
by Alyssa Aldape | Jun 10, 2022 | Opinion
I was almost suspended from class in fifth grade for taking the Lord’s name in vain. The crime took place after a classmate showed us a cool new math trick for the nine times table, and my response was an awe-filled “oh my lord!” My tablemates looked at me with shock,...
