by Shannon Turner | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog, GCDD Storytelling Project
About a year ago at this time, the wheels of change were already starting to churn for me. Then the election happened while I was at the first week of my residency at Virginia Tech. I came back, and it felt like we were in a whole new world. I couldn’t wait any...
by Shannon Turner | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog
A few weeks ago, I borrowed my neighbor’s power washer to address some algae growing on the back of my house as well as some doggie toenail scratches on my deck. Here are some things you need to know about this story going in: My back deck is the premiere part...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Walking along with a new friend, I was trying to convince her to let me write about her for my Happy Stories series. “I don’t know,” she said. “I’m not really into being put on display in such a fashion.” I completely understood....
by Shannon Turner | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Walking along with a new friend, I was trying to convince her to let me write about her for my Happy Stories series. “I don’t know,” she said. “I’m not really into being put on display in such a fashion.” I completely understood....
by Shannon Turner | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
When I took liberation theology in college, the section on LGBTQ reconciliation with Christianity, of course, had to address some of those problematic texts in the Bible people use to condemn, hold separate, and otherwise justify their stances historically through...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
When I took liberation theology in college, the section on LGBTQ reconciliation with Christianity, of course, had to address some of those problematic texts in the Bible people use to condemn, hold separate, and otherwise justify their stances historically through...