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Graceful Christian Antizionism
What if there was graceful Christian antizionism? Why is it that antizionism always seems to be so radical? Does that always have to be the case? I just watched two videos on Christian Zionism that I highly recommend. It’s a two-part series, the videos are short, and they helped me see how Christian Zionism harms people…
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“Treatment” is a colonial concept
The concept of treatment is inherently colonial. When we talk about mental illness treatment, we should consider talking instead about mental illness alleviation. As I mentioned in a recent post there are multiple reasons for this need to use the word “alleviate” rather than “treat.” I refer you to that post, but also want to…
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Gaza has now become a concentration camp
Already decried as an open air prison for decades, now people are being denied food and water. We are genuinely all global witnesses to Israel’s terrorist state. There is no better word for this than infrahumanization. Infrahumanization occurs when a person is seen as irredemable, inhuman, irrevocably other, and evil, and not worthy of consideration,…
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Enough already…US Military Support of Israel Must End
I am finally realizing that thinking America was a democracy was an illusion. Or at least I don’t feel represented. Biden, without checking in with any other American leaders, pledged unwavering support for Israel. My patience is waning with Biden, not Israel. I have Jewish friends, my grandpa fought Nazis in World War Two (which…
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Israel and Palestine Research Update–It’s Complicated!
So I was wrong to simplify it last week as Jews treating Palestinians as Native Americans. This is going to be a really long post that kind of disrupts the purpose of this blog. But it is on my mind and I want to share the link of this post with some journalists and scholars,…
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The Limits of Decoloniality and Imperialism
We see the limits of decoloniality in some progressive Americans’ positive reaction to the recent attack on Israel. This despite the kidnappings and killings of Israeli (and American and other) civilians. The decolonial party line is that the United States, via Israel, is oppressing Palestinians. I happen to agree with that assessment, up to a…
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Thinking about diet and ill health
Diet and ill health. Everything these days depends on recognizing the connection between diet and ill health–and there is a lot of ill health these days. The medical and mental health industries are trying to solve problems that we will prevent in the future. I have hope that we can, over time, focus on what…
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Psychiatry is important but not always wise
I just want to share that psychiatry is important but not always wise. I have had wise psychiatrists, who had an amazing bedside manner, and who prescribed the wrong medications. In one instance, this led to my involuntary hospitalization. Seriously. I was put on 200 mg of an antidepressant and my husband was instructed to…
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Finding Adequate Lenses for Bible Study
We must find adequate lenses for Bible study, but this is very, very difficult. Further, it would be a mistake to think that everyone should have the same lens(es). That we think there is one lens for all is mainly because of the reductive ways we approach the task of interpretation in the West. Particularly…
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Classrooms and Injustice: the Mental Health Crisis
It is my conviction that nowadays teachers and students alike figure among society’s victims. Classrooms are a site of injustice and we are amidst an evolving educational crisis. This is impacting everyone’s mental health. Our educational crisis is at the core of the mental health crisis, and it radiates into our churches on a weekly…
