Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyApr 8, 20234 min readDead Christ: A Holy Saturday MeditationI lived in Boston from 2017 to 2020 while working on my PhD at Boston University. One of the many perks of being a student in Boston was...
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyDec 25, 20225 min readWhat Did Mary Know?It has been taken up by meme lords and keyboard warriors—the issue of the beloved but hotly debated Mark Lowry hit, “Mary, Did You Know?”...
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyNov 2, 20225 min readPlay to RebelMusic was my first love. Some of my earliest childhood memories involve sneaking out of bed to hear my mother quietly play her piano in...
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyOct 16, 20225 min readOn Blog Neglect and Magical Containers Though I am inclined to feel some shame for the way I have neglected this blog, I have had some very valid reasons for neglecting it....
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyDec 31, 20206 min readYou Don't Have to Redeem 2020“Are you…ok? Like, are you making it?” My colleague, whom I had not seen in nearly a year, peered at me from a small Zoom window,...
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbySep 22, 20208 min readHope FlickersHas hope ever been so elusive, so invisible or out of reach, that when it finally showed up, you resented it a little bit? Most of my...
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyJul 2, 20205 min readThe Myth of Independence and the Interdependent God(or, Toward a Theology of Wearing Masks) Last year on the Fourth of July, I shared these thoughts on Facebook: "On this day, may we be...
Amy McLaughlin-SheasbyJun 14, 20206 min readWelcome to the ApocalypseAbout a week ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with words—lots of words—strung together in paragraph form. Now, this is a far cry...