Geez Out Loud

In this piece, Kerr Mesner shares a song of imagining for trans, non-binary, and gender expansive siblings having each others' backs, and God joining into the resistance. Kerr is a spiritual director, consultant, and facilitator, as well as a queer/transgender contemplative Christian, performing artist, and activist. In his spare time, he enjoys writing songs and playing in his garden.

Geez 65: Healing Sex takes on the taboo. Sex is so often at the heart of Christian shame and violence. What healing do our spirits and bodies need? How can we lean into pleasure and joy? What liberation can be found in subverting tradition – or reclaiming it?

In this piece, Kate Suffling invites the listener to take the deepest breath you’ve ever drawn. Kate (she/her) is an occupational therapist practicing counselling in Kitchener, Ontario. She cherishes the sacred act of hearing the stories of others. She otherwise spends her time mothering, gardening, reading, and being outdoors as much as possible.

This poem appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, we ask: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot of radical rest.

In this piece, Joshua S. Hopping explains what a Cherokee ritual has to do with the Year of Jubilee? Joshua (Cherokee Nation) lives in Idaho and is the author of The Mystery, the Way, and the Journey.

This piece appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, Geez 63 asks: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot

of radical rest.

Carly Sugar looks to the ancient, radical cycle of rest for the land in Jewish tradition. Carly is based in Detroit, Michigan on Anishinaabe land and directs the Adamah Farming Fellowship in Falls Village, Connecticut on Mochican land. Her work explores the intersection of food skills, Jewish ritual, social change, and community building.

This piece appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, this issue asks: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot

of radical rest.

What if white members of a church redistributed their wealth to Black members? Andrew Yang shares that Circle of Hope decided to find out. Andrew Yang is a Han Taiwanese attorney and activist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He helps lead the Circle Mobilizing Because Black Lives Matter compassion team and is a co-host of Color Correction, a podcast about the intersection of race and faith.

This piece appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, this issue asks: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot

of radical rest.

What would a sabbatical look like for an undocumented restaurant worker? Liuan Huska explores this in Geez 63. Liuan Huska is 1.5 generation Chinese immigrant and author of Hurting Yet Whole. She lives near Chicago, Illinois on ancestral Potawatomi land.

This piece appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, this issue asks: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot

of radical rest.

What happens when a camp bathroom is reclaimed? Jean Jeffress writes for Geez 63. Jean Jeffress is a pastor and preacher working on loving the people of God. They live in Oakland, California.

This piece appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, this issue asks: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot of radical rest.

In this piece, Kateri Boucher feels the spirit of Jubilee beckoning us. Kateri is associate editor for Geez and a member of Detroit’s Catholic Worker community.

This piece appears in Geez 63: Sound the Trumpet. In this moment of massive debt overload, mass incarceration, and rampant land destruction, this issue asks: What would the practice of Jubilee look like today? We dream together of reparations, debt forgiveness, prison abolition, land restoration, and a whole lot

of radical rest.

Kayla Harr is a transracial adoptee who writes, edits, and educates in the Washington metropolitan area. In this episode, Kayla writes on her experience as a transracial adoptee.

This piece comes from Geez 62: Dismantling White Theology. White supremacist theology is baked into the structures and systems of this world, and therefore into each of our lives. Our work must entwine social analysis, story, bodies, reparations, spirit, and grace.

Geez magazine is a quarterly, non-profit, ad-free, print magazine about social justice, art, and activism for people at the fringes of faith in both Canada and the US. Geez is for the over-churched, out-churched, un-churched and maybe even the un-churchable.

Josiah R. Daniels (Black/white) is the assistant opinion editor at Sojo.net. Although he is neither a musician nor a detective, he would classify his writing style as both “hard-bopped” and “hard boiled.” In this episode, Josiah writes a letter to his nephew.

This piece comes from Geez 62: Dismantling White Theology. White supremacist theology is baked into the structures and systems of this world, and therefore into each of our lives. Our work must entwine social analysis, story, bodies, reparations, spirit, and grace.

Geez magazine is a quarterly, non-profit, ad-free, print magazine about social justice, art, and activism for people at the fringes of faith in both Canada and the US. Geez is for the over-churched, out-churched, un-churched and maybe even the un-churchable.