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Robert R Beck's avatar

Matt, I am deeply moved by your words. Appearing on my Facebook page at the same time as your announcement of this post was that of another young friend and Scripture professor, Sr. Sarah Kohles, OSF, a young member of the Franciscan community here in Dubuque where I am chaplain. Her book, which joins with yours, is a collection of essays she has edited, but written by female lay theologians, faced with a similar conundrum. It is a Paulist publication called Creating Spaces for Women in the Catholic Church. Here’s the link.

https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Spaces-Women-Catholic-Church/dp/0809156288/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ASLIIYEV95AQ&keywords=Kohles+creating+spaces+for+women&qid=1677725353&sprefix=kohles+creating+spaces+for+women%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1

I am thinking that the field of theology was supported in the past by religious orders, and to some extent by clergy. But now that world has shifted to the necessary witness of lay theology, as the support systems (along with liberal arts) are fading away. And yet your effort and others to search out the necessary but elusive new paths is the only future that I can see. Also, I intent to borrow your images of water and poetry writing. Please continue on your quest.

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Mark Allman's avatar

I hope you can hear these words "God made you what you are, not because God needs you, but out of God’s goodness—in other words, because God wants you." I can't wait to see what God has in store for you. You are brilliant, kind, funny, and great writer.

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