Change in blog name: Why I’m changing the name of my blog from “Literate Theology” to my own name: Kate Rae Davis. (It’s not primarily for marketing reasons.)
Creativity
My Loosened Rule of Life
I was first asked to write a Personal Rule of Life in seminary. I researched various instructions on how to write a Personal Rule, I looked up examples. I struggled with the assignment. None of the formats I had seen seemed to fit what I needed, and I was determined that my Rule wouldn’t be […]
Finding a Way into the New Year
It seems that every year-end, when the word “resolutions” comes up, some self inside me sends out a whispering pulse: You should be writing more. In response, the voice I more readily identify as my self responds: I’m not really one for resolutions, but I’ll make some effort at writing regularly. Of course, on such a non-committal foundation, the aim […]
Conjuring the Spirit of the Season
The absence of Christmas spirit is a presence in my home. I skipped out on the normal mantel decorations. I didn’t even take the stockings out of storage. My gift wrapping is minimal and sloppy. I just haven’t been able to tap into the spirit of the season. In a world celebrating a season of merriment, music, and memory-making, […]
Writing
Here’s my confession: I don’t love to write. Finding the right words with the proper connotations is tedious. Moving those words into a linear order to convey non-linear thoughts and emotions is frustrating. Constructing a piece so that the reader has all the needed information before arriving at the next point and the next point […]
Letter to a Newborn (Part II)
Click here to view Part I of this letter. I know that this blanket, this gift, isn’t perfect. It swells and lumps unevenly — I was not consistent enough in my stitches. At one point, I seriously considered unraveling it to try to do it again, more perfectly, more consistently. But then I thought: Perhaps […]
Letter to a Newborn (Part I)
Below is the first part of a letter I sent to accompany my first gift to the first child of some good friends. Her entry into the world, even on the other side of the continent, has already brought so much joy to me. So I thought I’d invite you to marvel at new life […]