We gather for a ritual to restore our personal, collective, and international balance. Let us pause and take a deep breath as we celebrate the return of spring, give thanks for the life-giving element of water, and pray for healing of all waters.

Songs and writings included:
--“Living Water/Agua Viva” © Colleen Fulmer, from Her Wings Unfurled
--“He Na Tye Woman” by Paula Gunn Allen, one of the foremost Native American scholars, from The Sacred Hoop, © 1986
--“Water is Life/Mni Wičoni” by Sara Thomsen © 2016
--The words of Aurora Levins Morales in “The Shalom Report: Water is Life! The Sacred Waters of Life Must Not be Poisoned By the Dakota Oil PipeLine,” the Shalom Center, November 14, 2016

March 2021 WATERritual: Water to Make All Things New

May 4, 2021
Naomi Goldenberg and Kathleen McPhillips share about their book THE END OF RELIGION: FEMINIST REAPPRAISALS OF THE STATE, followed by Q&A Discussion.

May 2021 WATERtalk with Naomi Goldenberg and Kathleen McPhillips

"Tending to the Garden"
Feel free to pause the audio for a full 22 minutes of silence and meditation. 
Communal reflections have been removed from the recording.

June 2021 WATERmeditation with Anali North Martin

A liturgy by Diann L. Neu for Pride and Equality Month

Includes the following songs: 
“Singing for Our Lives” by Holly Near, Singer in the Storm (© 1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=johabhyURIw

“I Am with You” by Kathy Sherman, CSJ, from Always with You (© 1992)

“True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ecaYj14z3M&ab_channel=CyndiLauperVEVO

June 2021 WATERritual: Grateful, Proud, and Connected for Pride Month

November 2021 WATERtalk with Kelly Denton-Borhaug

December 2021 WATERmeditation with Ann Marie Szpakowska

December 2021 WATERtea With Gina Wilson

December 2021 WATERritual: Reimagine Mary as a Woman Today

January 2022 WATERmeditation with Carrie Roach

If you'd like, as we do during WATERrituals, pause the audio at 18:35 to reflect on the questions.

Featuring the following audio:
“Come and Go with Me to That Land,” Traditional, words by Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duQkrazZdoc&ab_channel=LazarPascanovic
Kerry Washington reads Sojourner Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_i8w2rdQY&ab_channel=ZinnEdProject
“Wade in the Water,” danced by Alvin Ailey Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDN_oh7dCrE&ab_channel=TaylorDenney

WATERrituals

January 2022 WATERritual: Step into the Pool with Sojourner Truth

February 2022 WATERmeditation with Brad Lutz

For the time of reflection, feel free to pause the recording for however long you choose (at 24:25).

Includes the following music:
“Mi Shebeirach” by Debbie Friedman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHKo3CjuzpY&ab_channel=rememberingdebbie

“How Can I Keep from Singing” performed by NYC Virtual Choir and Orchestra 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLPP3XmYxXg&ab_channel=PoddBrothers

“You’ll Never Walk Alone” performed by Barbara Streisand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozhWlm-EGbo&list=RDMM&start_radio=1&rv=MM8mOKfxmWw

February 2022 WATERritual: Honoring the Faces of Cancer  for World Cancer Day

Taste and See"

Our senses shape our lives but rarely are we invited to reflect on what we have tasted. We will let the taste of things we enjoy guide us to deeper reflection. There will be chocolate and strawberries in the office. Bring other things you love if you wish. Those at home are welcome to assemble a nibble of something as together we enjoy a delicious meditation.

July 2018 WATERmeditation with Mary E. Hunt

July 2014 WATERtalk with Darlene O'Dell

WATER's September Contemplative Prayer/Meditation features Judy Bond, who shares a passage by Maya Angelou. 

September 2014 Contemplative Prayer/Meditation with Judy Bond

“Goddess and God after Feminism: What is the Nature of Divine Power” 
WATERtalk with Carol P. Christ, January 2013

Notes & More about WATERtalks here: www.waterwomensalliance.org/watertalks/

January 2013 WATERtalk with Carol P. Christ

“Being with Beauty” with Phoebe Knopf

More about WATER's Meditation / Contemplative Prayer here: www.waterwomensalliance.org/contemplati…tionprayer/

May 2014 Contemplative Prayer / Meditation with Phoebe Knopf

Dr. Namsoon Kang presents "Where are you FROM and Where ARE you? Cosmopolitan and Diasporic Mode of Thinking and Acting” for WATER's April 15, 2015 WATERtalk.

April 2015 WATERtalk with Namsoon Kang

Power of Sisterhood: Women Religious Tell the Story of the Apostolic Visitation

June 2015 WATERtalk with Margaret McCarthy and Mary Ann Zollman

Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism in Afro-Cuban Religions

July 2015 WATERtalk with Aisha Beliso-De Jesus

September 2015 WATERtalk with Sandy Boucher

October 2015 WATERtalk With Rebecca Parrish, Simone Campbell, And Chris Schenk

November 2015 WATERtalk With Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas

March 2016 WATERritual: Solidarity With Comadres Of El Salvador

April 2016 WATERtalk With Susan Thistlethwaite

January 2018 WATERmeditation with Mary E. Hunt

March 2018 WATERtalk with Monique Moultrie

March 2018 WATERritual: Mary Magdalene and the Women Witnesses

This episode features an interview with M Barclay, the director of Enfleshed, an organization that seeks to provide liturgy materials that include the realities of a bodily experience.

Music Used:
Paler Skies by Blue Dot Sessions Copyright 2015 under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Ervira by Blue Dot Sessions Copyright 2015 under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Feminist and Queer Theology in Action: Rev. M Barclay

WATER Staff's Album

December 2018 WATERtalk with Alice L. Laffey

WATERtalks

March 2019 WATERtalk with Gay L. Byron

Audio recording of the October 2019 WATERmeditation with Phoebe Knopf

October 2019 WATERmeditation with Phoebe Knopf

Audio recording from November 2019 WATERmeditation with Cynthia Tootle, "Listening to the Music"

Conference Call Recordings

November 2019 WATERmeditation with Cynthia Tootle

Recording of December 2019 WATERmeditation with Cheryl Nichols, "With That Moon Language"

December 2019 WATERmeditation with Cheryl Nichols

May 2020 WATERritual: You are the Salt of the Earth

June 2020 WATERritual: Drawing from Wisdom's Well

A meditation and reflection centered around Mary Oliver's poem "The Sun"

December 2020 WATERmeditation with Anali North Martin

WATER (Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual) is a global network, an educational and spiritual space, a center for dialogue on feminism, faith, and justice. We connect activists, religious leaders, students, scholars, and allies who are using feminist religious values to create social change.

Tune in once a month for WATERtalks, featuring conversations with leading scholars, activists, and religious leaders as they share their research and experiences.

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