Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Fragile | Chapter 16
Fragile | Chapter 16
This is an interview I did with another parent of a medically fragile child. The birth of his son and the medical complications that upended their lives sent Hamilton Cain looking for themes and patterns in his childhood and adulthood from which to find strength and meaning. He asks hard questions, takes on harder daily caregiving routines, but doesn't settle for the easy answers and therefore ends up with the most beautiful ones.
This is an interview I did with another parent of a medically fragile child. The birth of his son and the medical complications that upended their lives sent Hamilton Cain looking for themes and patterns in his childhood and adulthood from which to find strength and meaning. He asks hard questions, takes on harder daily caregiving routines, but doesn't settle for the easy answers and therefore ends up with the most beautiful ones.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
A New Beginning
Then, God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness."
Each year that I live, that I explore the earth, that I "really" get to know my neighbors, that I commit to loving my partner and welcome the new face of my son, I realize the abundance inherent in a phrase like "our image." A year ago, when I became a new mother, I watched my son change from day to day. Suddenly, I understood the great collaboration and mystery behind the idea of being made in the Creator's image, being "our likeness."
As a clergy woman, I yearn for clothes that represent the "our" of Creation's image. Pieces made by the whole and woven into unique existence through organic and sustainable materials, eco-friendly and fairly-labored textiles, traditional and modern garments that are symbols of the priestly call to women. God's call to humankind is inherent in each shirt. The fibers remind us to be good stewards of the plants and animals, the fabric reminds us to care for the environment and our neighbors, the cut and the seams remind us of the solidarity we must seek with people in an estranged but globalized economy, and the style reclaims how God made woman holy in "our image" and called to minister to creation from the beginning.
I am in the process of producing two original designs of clerical shirts for women that are eco-friendly and fair-trade and stylish. Best of all, they are versatile. You can wear them without the collar and feel like you are wearing your favorite shirt.
I hope they will become so much a part of your being, not a costume to be reluctantly worn.
Email me at ofthecloth@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more.
Each year that I live, that I explore the earth, that I "really" get to know my neighbors, that I commit to loving my partner and welcome the new face of my son, I realize the abundance inherent in a phrase like "our image." A year ago, when I became a new mother, I watched my son change from day to day. Suddenly, I understood the great collaboration and mystery behind the idea of being made in the Creator's image, being "our likeness."
As a clergy woman, I yearn for clothes that represent the "our" of Creation's image. Pieces made by the whole and woven into unique existence through organic and sustainable materials, eco-friendly and fairly-labored textiles, traditional and modern garments that are symbols of the priestly call to women. God's call to humankind is inherent in each shirt. The fibers remind us to be good stewards of the plants and animals, the fabric reminds us to care for the environment and our neighbors, the cut and the seams remind us of the solidarity we must seek with people in an estranged but globalized economy, and the style reclaims how God made woman holy in "our image" and called to minister to creation from the beginning.
I am in the process of producing two original designs of clerical shirts for women that are eco-friendly and fair-trade and stylish. Best of all, they are versatile. You can wear them without the collar and feel like you are wearing your favorite shirt.
I hope they will become so much a part of your being, not a costume to be reluctantly worn.
Email me at ofthecloth@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more.
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