Melissa T.Forgiveness and Reconciliation in World ReligionsIn Islam, there are many names of God. They represent the attributes of Allah, the ones that people should strive to emulate. Two of the…11 min read·Nov 27, 2023----
Melissa T.Two Sides of One Coin: Loneliness and SolitudeThis sermon was given to the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, November 6, 2022.9 min read·Nov 6, 2022----
Melissa T.Medieval Archives and the (Digital) ObjectWhat is an archive? People who have a lot of experience with scholarship or in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) fields…6 min read·Oct 26, 2021----
Melissa T.What does it mean to create a welcoming environment?Hospitality is a pretty slippery concept, even though it seems straightforward. I didn’t realize until I started researching it just how…9 min read·Oct 9, 2021----
Melissa T.Thoughts on ecologies of infrastructureSome thoughts on our local systems and how we can work towards building better and stronger communities inside enterprise wide systems5 min read·Dec 31, 2020----
Melissa T.A More Perfect Union: the 100th anniversary of Women’s SuffrageI was asked to give a sermon for the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, the Women’s Suffrage Amendment. I read about Susan B Anthony…11 min read·Sep 11, 2020----
Melissa T.Self HelpI don’t think most Americans are comfortable with doing the same thing every day. It’s monotonous and Americans aren’t into monotony. We…2 min read·Mar 31, 2020----
Melissa T.Wollstonecraft: The First Bad FeministMy first essay of 2020 is a chance to mention that this year is the 100th anniversary of American women getting the vote. Susan B. Anthony…12 min read·Jan 5, 2020----
Melissa T.Abraham Lincoln and Man’s Search for MeaningThree weeks ago, I heard a lecture about Victor Frankl. He was a psychologist who was incarcerated in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Auschwitz…12 min read·Aug 30, 2019----
Melissa T.Anna Anderson Davis and Re-centering a Life without WhitenessThe Anna Anderson oil well was the first one that “hit” for the Phillips brothers in 1905, near the New Caney creek outside Bartlesville…3 min read·Jun 25, 2019----