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Jennifer Ellen

Jennifer Ellen

Civility and Non-Violence

Civility and non-violence.

Aug 28, 2018

Civility and Non-Violence

Aug 28, 2018

Jennifer Ellen

Off the Binary: Encountering Transgender Realities

When I first met *Schuylar, they were between pronouns. Not quite “she” and not quite “he,” Schuylar was a young person trying to figure a…

Feb 16, 2018

Off the Binary: Encountering Transgender Realities

Feb 16, 2018

Jennifer Ellen

Race, Language, and Intent

“You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Feb 7, 2018

Race, Language, and Intent

Feb 7, 2018

Jennifer Ellen

To Be a Woman

In 6th grade, I was an outcast.

Jan 25, 2018

To Be a Woman

Jan 25, 2018

Jennifer Ellen

The Children We Owned

When I was growing up, one of the things I loved about visiting my grandmother in West Virginia was when she would go to a cabinet in the…

Aug 21, 2017

The Children We Owned

Aug 21, 2017

Jennifer Ellen

What If I’m Wrong? (About LGBTQ+ Inclusion)

“But what if you’re wrong?”

Aug 7, 2017

Aug 7, 2017

Jennifer Ellen

Holding the Door

Driving to work this morning I heard a story about Nashville artist Jason Isbell. Isbell is from rural north Alabama near the Tennessee…

Jul 26, 2017

Jul 26, 2017

Jennifer Ellen

Let Your Yea Be Yea

A couple of weeks ago, over the course of two days, pretty much everyone in the church felt betrayed by Eugene Peterson, a man whose life…

Jul 26, 2017

Jul 26, 2017

Jennifer Ellen

Minding My Mind

A few months ago I started trying a daily practice of meditation — what’s referred to as “mindfulness,” actually. The idea is to quiet the…

May 30, 2017

May 30, 2017

Jennifer Ellen

A Doubter’s Creed

“We believe in God…”

May 12, 2017

May 12, 2017

Jennifer Ellen

Jennifer Ellen

Chicagoan. Southerner. Navigating a world a lot larger than my conservative Baptist upbringing. Learning to set a table that invites connection.

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