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Dr. James W. Perkinson

Dr. James W. Perkinson

Author, poet, educator, activist

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    Author: Jim Perkinson

    Entering the Womb Again: A Sermon for Straight Males (and Everyone Else)

    Sermon delivered at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Originally published on RadicalDiscipleship.net. Last week Carvan asked me “What’re you gonna preach on!”  I said something like, “I don’t… Read more “Entering the Womb Again: A Sermon for Straight Males (and Everyone Else)”

    March 13, 2023October 9, 2024 by Jim Perkinson

    Between Red Bird Songs and Brown Squirrel “Skalds”: Learning from the Poetry Outside My Door

    Sermon delivered at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, originally published on RadicalDiscipleship.net. I woke up this morning an old man—an experience recurrent over recent months here at the… Read more “Between Red Bird Songs and Brown Squirrel “Skalds”: Learning from the Poetry Outside My Door”

    September 30, 2022October 9, 2024 by Jim Perkinson

    Prodigal Prodigality Versus Village Party: On Not Killing the Fatted Calf

    Sermon delivered at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, originally published on RadicalDiscipleship.net. One of the effects of the irruption of Global South thought into Global North theology in… Read more “Prodigal Prodigality Versus Village Party: On Not Killing the Fatted Calf”

    September 14, 2022October 9, 2024 by Jim Perkinson

    Of Mountain Watches and Dread Help

    Sermon delivered at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, originally published on RadicalDiscipleship.net. I have developed a late life habit.  When the snow falls around our house, these days,… Read more “Of Mountain Watches and Dread Help”

    April 1, 2022October 9, 2024 by Jim Perkinson

    What Time Is It on the Clock of the World?: Facing Apocalypse with Eloquence

    Sermon delivered at Detroit Unitarian Universalist Church, originally published on RadicalDiscipleship.net. What Time Is It on the Clock of the World?: Climate Catastrophe Time What Time Is… Read more “What Time Is It on the Clock of the World?: Facing Apocalypse with Eloquence”

    October 20, 2021October 9, 2024 by Jim Perkinson

    A Divine Offering in a Food Tray for Animals

    Excerpt from Political Spirituality in an Age of Eco-Apocalypse, originally published on RadicalDiscipleship.net. Undoubtedly anxious, perhaps even terrified, Mary breaks water under the bureaucratic duress. Motel 6… Read more “A Divine Offering in a Food Tray for Animals”

    December 25, 2020October 9, 2024 by Jim Perkinson

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