At least twice a week, my friends and I question why we went to seminary and grad school only to be in conversation with folks who don’t take our work or what we do seriously enough to engage it in ways that will challenge them to be introspective and better.
It’s frustrating.
It’s frustrating.
I got a few messages this morning from pastors who will stand with me privately but will never say the same things publicly. I’m used to that.
Still, it’s frustrating and cowardly AF.
Still, it’s frustrating and cowardly AF.
Black feminist/womanist theological work is not easy, especially when you make it clear you’re not invested in any form of upholding patriarchal systems and powers, even when Black women can *benefit* from it.
We spent—and spend—a lot of time reading, writing and listening to the experiences of marginalized and vulnerable voices in order to craft theologies that are much more whole, affirming and full of life.
When it doesn’t center current powers, there will always be resistance.
When it doesn’t center current powers, there will always be resistance.
I wish we lived in a world where Black cishet men were not the prominent voices and leaders in the Black religious space. They do not deserve to have that kind of power.
So we work to make a new world. And we take the hits that come with making it, too.
So we work to make a new world. And we take the hits that come with making it, too.
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