parenting – Rev. Elizabeth Durant

Beloved Community is Our Only Security

by lizparenting, theology, violence July 17, 2013April 26, 20204 Comments

(My daughter’s birth day was Monday, but this post has taken me three days to write.) Today, July 15, is my daughter’s first birthday. I want to write her a letter filled with tenderness and joy. Instead, as I sit down to write, all I can think of is Trayvon Martin and the verdict announced this …

Raised to be White

by lizlanguage, parenting, racial identity February 7, 201313 Comments

While I’m writing about white supremacy in Christianity for school, I’m also caring for our baby daughter (now nearly seven months old). So as I’m reading about how we become white, I can’t help but think of how she is becoming white, even at this young age. We talk about gender in our house and …