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Lizzie Berne DeGear, PhD

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Reclaiming the Power of Spinster

May 9, 2021

Ever wonder where the term “spinster” originated?

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In Society, Mystic Mama, Feminist
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From My Cave to Yours....a reflection on darkness and light

June 4, 2020

Recovering from coronovirus in the spring of 2020, and in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, I found myself revisiting our human relationship to “darkness” and putting words to something deep within.

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In Bible and Psychoanalysis, Culture, Homilies, Society
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These Thorns are Light – A Reflection on Unconscious Racism   

August 24, 2017

I wrote this reflection the day after leading an autumn prayer vigil at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in honor of those slain at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina in June of 2015.

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In Culture, Society Tags unconscious racism, Jesus, Mother Emmanuel Church
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A Discussion Aborted

August 24, 2017

For a long time I have had the miserable feeling that the whole discussion on abortion in this country has been futile, polarizing, and– surprisingly, given the powerful topic – empty. Abortion brings us right to the extremes of the human condition: our power and our vulnerability, and it’s time we brought that honesty to the topic.

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In Culture, Society, Feminist Tags abortion, terror of origins, unconscious denial, unconscious misogyny

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Reclaiming the Power of Spinster
May 9, 2021
Reclaiming the Power of Spinster
May 9, 2021
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From My Cave to Yours....a reflection on darkness and light
Jun 4, 2020
From My Cave to Yours....a reflection on darkness and light
Jun 4, 2020
Jun 4, 2020
(m)adam : Adam's Rib Reframed
Apr 5, 2020
(m)adam : Adam's Rib Reframed
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Work photo by Joeri Römer on Unsplash (adapted)

Additional photo credits: Adam Had a Womb, Jacob Aguilar-Friend (Unsplash, adapted); Homilies, Mar Newhall (Unsplash, adapted);  Bible & Psychoanalysis, Victoriano Isquirdo (Unsplash, adapted); Biblical Fiction, Jose Murillo (Unsplash, adapted); Society, aesthetics of crisis (adapted); Mystic Mama, Michael D Beckwith (Unsplash, adapted); Bible Studies, Preston Pownell (Unsplash, adapted).

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