by Renee Embree | May 7, 2019 | Opinion
I’ve been stirring conversations about important topics churches have been better known for ignoring – sexuality, LGBTQ, child abuse, women in leadership, #churchtoo. I have to tell you: It’s been incredibly rich and rewarding to see God at work in the middle of the...
by Renee Embree | Jan 29, 2019 | Opinion
Plesionology – the theology of place, that is, the godly importance of investing in one place – has been on my mind lately. I tend to be a bit of an adventurer and something in me struggles to stay in, or invest in, any one place for a particularly long time. There is...
by Renee Embree | Nov 7, 2018 | Opinion
Local congregations and people of faith must actively support victims of sexual assault who have come forward as part of the #metoo and #churchtoo movements and provide safe spaces for those who have yet to share their stories. Here are three big things that have to...
by Renee Embree | Nov 6, 2018 | Opinion
We need to acknowledge #metoo and #churchtoo happens in all our communities and congregations. In case you’ve missed it, the #metoo movement started back in the fall of 2017 as a social media movement against sexual harassment and sexual abuse. It began a floodgate of...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 23, 2017 | News
Renee Embree is director of youth and family ministries with the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada and the director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Studies at Acadia Divinity School in Nova Scotia. 1. Where did you grow up? Mostly in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in...
