A sermon by Dr. Urzula Glienecke, chaplain at the University of Edinburgh and minister of the Church of Scotland photo from Urzula Glienecke's personal archive I could tell you a great deal about sheep, but instead, let me make a small suggestion - if at all possible,...
Urzula Glienecke is a Latvian theologian, artist, activist, and member of the Association of Latvian Lutheran Women Theologians. She currently lives in Scotland, is a member of the Iona Community and a chaplain at the University of Edinburgh. Urzula travels widely and...
An overview of the biblical interpretation series the "Wisdom Commentary" (Wisdom Commentary series). The Wisdom Commentary (the "Wisdom Commentary" series) is the first international and interdenominational academic collaboration that offers detailed...
May I ask you to introduce yourself and tell us how your interest in women in the gospel texts came about. Sister Lizbeth: My name is Sister Lizbeth. I am a member of India's first indigenous religious congregation – the Mother of Carmel community. Several years ago I...
Did Paul also address his letter to women? Were women allowed to learn anything during the service? These are some of the questions that Aļesja Lavrinoviča, doctor of theology and member of the Latvian Lutheran Women Theologians' Association, examined in her paper at...
Today the Church commemorates Jesus' friends in Bethany – Martha, Mary and Lazarus (Lk. 10:38-42); in other traditions, the feast of Martha is especially celebrated.Often the explanation of the narrative in the Gospel of Luke comes across as polarized, making Martha...
Nicole Uzans with her mother Lynn Uzans. photo from personal archive Nicole Uzans is a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada and currently serves in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Since 2000, the lead pastors of St. John’s congregation have been women, and Nicole continues...
The original conversation with Sarmīte Cīrule, a theologian, historian, and Latvian nurse who is the first foreign sergeant in the Ukrainian army and the chief medical officer of the volunteer battalion Karpatska Sich, was published on this website at the very end of...
Nicole Uzans is a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada and currently serves in a university-town congregation in Nova Scotia. Since 2000, the lead pastors of St. John's congregation have been women, and Nicole continues not only this line, but is also a...
On May 18, 2024, it will be 50 years since the ordination of Agnese Pone, the first woman pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. Agnese Pone was born on June 15, 1898, in Riga, into the family of the civil servant Francis Pone and his wife Alvīne Pone....