At Holy Nativity, we’re honoring Women’s History Month by reading passages from female thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this letter from Hildegard of Bingen to Pope Eugenius III from “Selected Writings” (2001).

At Holy Nativity, we’re honoring Women’s History Month by reading passages from female thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this piece from bell hooks’s book, “Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations.”

At Holy Nativity, we’re honoring Women’s History Month by reading passages from female thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this piece from Julian of Norwich, as shared in Veronica Mary Rolf’s book, “Julian’s Gospel.”

At Holy Nativity, we’re honoring Black History Month by reading passages from black thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this piece from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Loving Your Enemies,” given March 7, 1961 to the Detroit Council of Churches.

At holynativityparish, we’re honoring Black History Month by reading passages from black thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this piece from the Rev. Absalom Jones’ “Thanksgiving Sermon,” given on the day the United States ceased its international slave trade.

At Holy Nativity, we’re honoring Black History Month by reading passages from black thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this piece from Nikki Giovanni called “Lemonade Grows from the Soil, Too.”

At Holy Nativity, we’re honoring Black History Month by reading passages from black thinkers - poets, philosophers, and theologians. On Sunday, we read this piece from “No Name in the Street,” by James Baldwin.

I’m officially, “this insurance hold music isn’t half bad!” years old. <sigh>