<html><body dir="auto" role="textbox" aria-label="Message Body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="PZPZlf" data-attrid="EntryHeader" data-entityname="EntryHeader" data-psd="headword~:&disturbance~;&tts_country~:&gb~;&homograph_index~:&" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 77, 83); color: rgb(72, 77, 83); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 130%;"><div class="kVF6d" style="display: table; word-break: break-word;"><div jscontroller="jhGntf" class="K6GhFd" data-is-bilingual="false" aria-hidden="true" jsaction="BtuVOb:V46pce" style="max-height: 0px; opacity: 0; visibility: hidden; pointer-events: none; transition: max-height 0.3s, opacity 0.3s;"><div class="b8aKlc" style="padding: 8px 0px 6px;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=mobilesearchapp&sca_esv=971bf7ca036ed23b&bih=548&biw=320&channel=iss&cs=1&hl=en&rlz=1MDAPLA_enDO963DO967&source=mobilesearchapp&v=295.0.590048842&q=how+to+pronounce+disturbance&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcRoyy3w8sc9YSmTSWtOXmPU4-INKMrPK81LzkwsyczPExLnYglJLcoV4pfi5eJOySwuKS1KSsxLTrViUWJKzeNZxCqTkV-uUJKvUADUlg_Ul6qApAoAREQzSmEAAAA&pron_lang=en&pron_country=gb&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwiU7_7W556DAxWFSjABHXCfDX8Q3eEDegQIFhAs" tabindex="-1" style="color: rgb(95, 21, 160); 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display: flex;"><div class="YrbPuc vdBwhd pgRvse" style="color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding-top: 4px; min-height: 20px;"><i>noun</i></div></div><ol class="eQJLDd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><li jsname="gskXhf" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none;"><div class="vmod"><div class="thODed" style="padding-top: 8px;"><div jsname="cJAsRb" class="wHYlTd sY7ric" data-topic="" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><div style="margin-left: 20px;"><div class="wHYlTd sY7ric" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: -20px;"><div class="PZPZlf" data-attrid="SenseDefinition" data-entityname="SenseDefinition" data-psd="sense_definition~:&the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition."><div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition.</div></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-attrid="SenseDefinition" data-entityname="SenseDefinition" data-psd="sense_definition~:&the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition."><div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ol></div></div></div><div>-::-::-::-</div><div><br></div><div><div>Sometimes I wonder </div><div>if Mary breastfed Jesus.</div><div>if she cried out when he bit her</div><div>or if she sobbed when he would not latch.</div><div><br></div><div>and sometimes I wonder </div><div>if this is all too vulgar</div><div>to ask in a church </div><div>full of men </div><div>without milk stains on their shirts</div><div>or coconut oil on their breasts</div><div>preaching from pulpits off limits to the Mother of God.</div><div><br></div><div>but then I think of feeding Jesus, </div><div>birthing Jesus, </div><div>the expulsion of blood </div><div>and smell of sweat,</div><div>the salt of a mother’s tears </div><div>onto the soft head of the Salt of the Earth,</div><div>feeling lonely </div><div>and tired</div><div>hungry</div><div>annoyed</div><div>overwhelmed</div><div>loving </div><div><br></div><div>and I think,</div><div>if the vulgarity of birth is not </div><div>honestly preached </div><div>by men who carry power but not burden,</div><div>who carry privilege but not labor,</div><div>who carry authority but not submission,</div><div>then it should not be preached at all. </div><div><br></div><div>because the real scandal of the Birth of God</div><div>lies in the cracked nipples of a </div><div>14 year old </div><div>and not in the sermons of ministers </div><div>who say women</div><div>are too delicate </div><div>to lead.</div><div><br></div><div>-Kaitlin Hardy Shetler</div><div><br></div><div>Artwork by Harmonia Rosales</div></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>