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…Nov 27, 2023Nov 27, 2023
Melissa T.Two Sides of One Coin: Loneliness and SolitudeThis sermon was given to the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston, November 6, 2022.Nov 6, 2022Nov 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…Oct 26, 2021Oct 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…Oct 9, 2021Oct 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 systemsDec 31, 2020Dec 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…Sep 11, 2020Sep 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…Mar 31, 2020Mar 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…Jan 5, 2020Jan 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…Aug 30, 2019Aug 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…Jun 25, 2019Jun 25, 2019