Author: Sarah Fariash

April 9th, 2020

Foot Washing in a Pandemic

As it has been for many, being in the coronavirus lockdown has meant that time has started to go a little wonky for me. I didn’t realize until this Saturday (four days into April) that it was April. This cognizance brought me to the reeling conclusion that the upcoming week was going to be Holy…
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March 7th, 2020

A Mutual Nuptial

Marguerite Porete, 14th-century heretic and author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, lived a rather enigmatic life. Little is known about her except that she wrote a work that is dizzying in its refusal to abide by dualistic ways of knowing and that she was burned at the stake for it. She refused to speak…
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January 25th, 2020

St. Paul’s Conversion, and Our Own

Today is the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. Paul is a conflicting figure for many feminist women of faith because his letters have often been used to reinforce gender roles and stereotypes. Be that as it may, today I want to consider what Paul’s conversion story has to offer women fighting for ordination. …
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