Karen Martinson Cherwien
@kcherwien.bsky.social
I study storytelling and process theology, and submit to you that the stories we tell ourselves are more than slightly influential.
Connecting Tillich to process thought...he doesn't quite get there, per Hartshorne, but there are some areas of agreement. #theologynerd #lutheranprocessdoctrine
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Connecting Tillich to process thought...he doesn't quite get there, per Hartshorne, but there are some areas of agreement. #theologynerd #lutheranprocessdoctrine
Sign reads: "Modern Rest Area," and my first thought is, "As opposed to 'pre-modern' or 'post-modern' rest area?"
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sign reads: "Modern Rest Area," and my first thought is, "As opposed to 'pre-modern' or 'post-modern' rest area?"
Musa Dube is now one of my new favorite feminist biblical scholars/theologians. #feminismandglobalization #justiceforall
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Musa Dube is now one of my new favorite feminist biblical scholars/theologians. #feminismandglobalization #justiceforall
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I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
I may or may not be referencing "The Matrix" in my upcoming class presentation on Whitehead's understanding of mysticism...
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I may or may not be referencing "The Matrix" in my upcoming class presentation on Whitehead's understanding of mysticism...
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Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.
Reposted by Karen Martinson Cherwien
It doesn’t matter what your politics are regarding immigration. If they do not begin and end with human beings needing to be treated with dignity and respect, especially when it comes to the enforcement of the law, your politics are wrong.
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It doesn’t matter what your politics are regarding immigration. If they do not begin and end with human beings needing to be treated with dignity and respect, especially when it comes to the enforcement of the law, your politics are wrong.
This is one of the reasons I have a dedicated book budget...(I may also be taking a course from Davis right now, and learned about this book because I brought up Delio's work in a discussion post...)
September 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is one of the reasons I have a dedicated book budget...(I may also be taking a course from Davis right now, and learned about this book because I brought up Delio's work in a discussion post...)
Found a great place in Fairfield Bay to do some reading! Also got to say hi to some people and their dogs! #pastorlife #readingandreasearch #processtheology
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Found a great place in Fairfield Bay to do some reading! Also got to say hi to some people and their dogs! #pastorlife #readingandreasearch #processtheology
Submitted my completed manuscript to Cambridge Scholars Publishing today! There are a few more steps to the process, but this was a big one! #pneumaplasticity #rewiringfear
August 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Submitted my completed manuscript to Cambridge Scholars Publishing today! There are a few more steps to the process, but this was a big one! #pneumaplasticity #rewiringfear
Writing Day; manuscript deadline rapidly approaching! #formattingfun
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Writing Day; manuscript deadline rapidly approaching! #formattingfun
Go ahead: ask me how I feel about periods located following quotation marks, instead of inside them! (I am not a fan. Though it is probably because I learned English in the US...)
June 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Go ahead: ask me how I feel about periods located following quotation marks, instead of inside them! (I am not a fan. Though it is probably because I learned English in the US...)
Looks like I've got an initial book index!
June 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Looks like I've got an initial book index!
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“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
May 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
Look what arrived at my house today!
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Look what arrived at my house today!
Sallie McFague is an amazing theologian. I need to read more of her work. Listened to this today: Theology, Philosophy, and Religion from the Barrel | Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uaazp...
Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam
Dr. Sallie McFague is a theological legend, a pioneer feminist theologian, and one of the most powerful thinkers in my own theological development. We learned that she passed away this weekend. Over t...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sallie McFague is an amazing theologian. I need to read more of her work. Listened to this today: Theology, Philosophy, and Religion from the Barrel | Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uaazp...
Empathy, compassion, and solidarity are essential.
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The Curious Case of Empathy
Why the Powerful Fear Feeling
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March 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Empathy, compassion, and solidarity are essential.
makiashe.substack.com/p/the-curiou...
makiashe.substack.com/p/the-curiou...
When working on a class project requiring a graphic, guess who ends up visually connecting the development of theological models over time to spiral dynamics...gonna have to find a way to explain that one... :-P
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When working on a class project requiring a graphic, guess who ends up visually connecting the development of theological models over time to spiral dynamics...gonna have to find a way to explain that one... :-P
A space for whatever's on your mind/heart - join me from 4:00-5:00pm CST today:
To join the video meeting, click this link: meet.google.com/ijs-frvg-skr
To join by phone, dial +1 304-896-9135 and enter this PIN: 776 353 761#
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To join the video meeting, click this link: meet.google.com/ijs-frvg-skr
To join by phone, dial +1 304-896-9135 and enter this PIN: 776 353 761#
To view more phone numbers, click this link: tel.meet/ijs-frvg-skr...
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February 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A space for whatever's on your mind/heart - join me from 4:00-5:00pm CST today:
To join the video meeting, click this link: meet.google.com/ijs-frvg-skr
To join by phone, dial +1 304-896-9135 and enter this PIN: 776 353 761#
To view more phone numbers, click this link: tel.meet/ijs-frvg-skr...
To join the video meeting, click this link: meet.google.com/ijs-frvg-skr
To join by phone, dial +1 304-896-9135 and enter this PIN: 776 353 761#
To view more phone numbers, click this link: tel.meet/ijs-frvg-skr...
Here is a huge difference between the ways people respond to one another in professional, PhD-level course discussion boards vs. in social media when they disagree: the academics tend to exhibit a level of respect for one another and critique/question ideas, not people's identities or values.
February 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Here is a huge difference between the ways people respond to one another in professional, PhD-level course discussion boards vs. in social media when they disagree: the academics tend to exhibit a level of respect for one another and critique/question ideas, not people's identities or values.
Reposted by Karen Martinson Cherwien
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
"1984" may be making an appearance in my homily tomorrow...
February 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"1984" may be making an appearance in my homily tomorrow...
So much reading... Though, I did indeed sign up for this! 😛
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So much reading... Though, I did indeed sign up for this! 😛