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Articles

The trauma in my bones

Oct 31, 2024 | pres-outlook.org | Chanequa Walker-Barnes

There had to be a common link, my cousins and I mused as we discussed the latest diagnosis to befall our family. Our mothers were sisters, three of eight children born to my grandparents. Each had some debilitating condition: lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis. And not just them — similar illnesses were present among their own maternal first cousins. It didn’t make sense.
your heart is a wasp nest

Oct 23, 2024 | camillehernandez.substack.com | Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Wasps built a nest near my trash cans. I watch their home progressing. I see what they gather and how they work. When my kids are lingering, I tell them to run inside with a bit more urgency. I am scared of these neighbors. They moved in 15 feet away from my front door. When people visit my house I let them know there’s a wasp next nearby. This morning, my neighbor sad on my windshield and greeted us as I dropped off the kids to school. I have no idea what type of greeting a wasp gives.
'Cowboy Carter' is complex. So is Beyoncé. So am I.

Apr 25, 2024 | pres-outlook.org | Chanequa Walker-Barnes

The summer before tenth grade, I created my own Shakespeare camp. I was the sole camper and sole counselor in the two-week program, where I immersed myself in “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Taming of the Shrew,” “Julius Caesar,” and “Othello.” The camp started on the day that the high school English department chair singlehandedly blocked my enrollment in the advanced placement program. Mrs.
Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods

Feb 20, 2024 | bookshop.org | Greg Jarrell |Chanequa Walker-Barnes

(Author) (Foreword by) FORMAT Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Our Trespasses uncovers how race, geography, policy, and religion have created haunted landscapes in Charlotte, North Carolina, and throughout the United States. How do we value our lands, livelihoods, and communities? How does our theology inform our capacity--or lack thereof--for memory?
A Note on Lent: A Guest Post From Sarah Bessey

Feb 16, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Sarah Bessey |Tsh Oxenreider |Kate Bowler |Chanequa Walker-Barnes

A Note on Lent: A Guest Post From Sarah Bessey With the Lenten season beginning in only a few days, Sarah Bessey has curated a list of her favorite books for the season. With her brand new book out today, Field Notes for the Wilderness, Sarah gives us great insight on all things Lent, and shares how it impacts her life for the better.
In new book, Chanequa Walker-Barnes explains care for the sacred self

Dec 2, 2023 | ncronline.org | Chanequa Walker-Barnes |Ashley Hinojosa

(Unsplash/William Farlow) As an African American woman and two-time breast cancer survivor working and writing in the early post-pandemic years of Covid-19, Chanequa Walker-Barnes wrote Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves with the intention of establishing practices that foster a spirit of rest to usher her into a life of resurrection at a time she needed it most. Walker-Branes now offers these practices as a devotional to all those in need of the same.
Spirituality & Practice

Sep 22, 2023 | spiritualityandpractice.com | Chanequa Walker-Barnes

“Reflect upon a situation that has made you angry, preferably one that is not too recent or so volatile that it might overwhelm you. How do you know when you are angry? Where do you feel it in your body? How do you feel it emotionally? What do you normally do with your anger when it arises? How might you better honor and care for your anger?”
Sacred Self-Care by Chanequa Walker-Barnes | Review | Spirituality & Practice

Sep 22, 2023 | spiritualityandpractice.com | Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Sometimes the unhealthiest people are the ones who spend most of their waking hours taking care of other people. The author of this book is a longtime professor of clinical psychology and a more recent member of the Christian clergy. She is also a Black woman who specializes in working with other people of color, showing them the importance of caring for themselves.
Yes, Self-Care Is a Christian Discipline

Aug 16, 2023 | sojo.net | Chanequa Walker-Barnes

My journey to self-care has been long, with twists and turns along the way. It began in 2002. I was on the fast track to tenure and success in my second year as a clinical psychology professor, where I had achieved the rare feat of applying for and receiving a prestigious federally funded grant in my first year. My colleagues marveled at how well I handled the stresses of the job, but beneath the well-dressed, unflappable exterior, I was crumbling.