Since graduation this blog and website has become a way for me to continue exploring the questions I started to investigate in seminary. As a part of this process, I have been looking back at past posts. As I reviewed them, I realized that not only have I been wondering what is the church, butContinue reading “Where is Church? The role of Public Priesthood.”
Author Archives: Tamara Plummer
What is Church? Pt. 1
The large question I think many of us have been facing is where do we find the Holy or get connected with the divine? For most of my life my “Holy Place” was Church. In the past year, many churches had to close their Sunday morning worship doors to keep folks safe. But long beforeContinue reading “What is Church? Pt. 1”
Seminary
I have just graduated with a Masters of Theology. I started this blog a long time ago so that I could process the call experience. I haven’t kept up with it. So here is my trying to do better. I did a lot of academic work processing my spiritual life through course work. I hopeContinue reading “Seminary”
Sweaty Menopausal Woman
Here is a sample of my writing from a summer at the writing workshop at Sonad. This summer I will have the opportunity to run this workshop. I invite all who want to explore their writing from a musical perspective to join us this summer. You can learn more about the Summer Writing project and howContinue reading “Sweaty Menopausal Woman”
What’s Adulthood?
There is a moment when a woman carries another human, fills out paperwork or does a number of other things to become a mom. There seems to be something about this moment that changes a person. This is a moment when many see this female go from girl to woman to mom. She is instantlyContinue reading “What’s Adulthood?”
The Revolution: Evolutionary reconciliation (part 1)
The revolution will not be televised, it will not be tweeted, it will not appear in an essay or be discussed and engaged. For the revolution of which I speak is beyond our imagination. Even as I sit to write this essay, I don’t know if I really should. Some will consider me a sellContinue reading “The Revolution: Evolutionary reconciliation (part 1)”
Rappers been told us!
If you are under a rock and have no access to media and don’t read the news, maybe you haven’t heard, but the time-table on the surveillance program for the Patriot Act expired and White people have a lot to say about it. This morning I got a little frustrated listening to NPR. The biggestContinue reading “Rappers been told us!”
Bumping back
OK y’all so I have genuine questions, I am reading things about the young Black man Joseph Kent on social media. I get it social justice warriors, we are on high alert for injustice yeah! But Joseph Kent was engaging in a form of civil rights strategy that has been practiced for a long time.Continue reading “Bumping back”
This Sunday’s Sermon Preview
Please note that this will be read, so punctuation is probably horrible. Coming out. We often think about “coming out” stories as experiences where one finally announces their sexuality to the world. I know a lot about coming out. As a Black single woman who loves wearing clogs and has no children I’ve had toContinue reading “This Sunday’s Sermon Preview”
Fat attraction
So I recently went to a Mental Health Professional who told me that if I lost weight and went to over eaters annonymous a lot of my problems that I was describing would be solved. It would come to an end. 30-40 lbs of weight loss would eradicate any issues of self-doubt and confidence, andContinue reading “Fat attraction”
Pursuing Call 