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Announcing My New Book: Abortion and Spiritual Care

My new book offers spiritual caregivers a way past the stalemated pro-choice/pro-life debate—out October 13 from Fortress Press.

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Patriarchy Isn't Protection—A Response to Doug Wilson’s Theology of Victim Blaming

A Christian nationalist pastor with growing influence in Washington believes women's submission is what prevents rape. Here's why that's wrong—and dangerous.

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The Wedding I Officiated In A Hospice Room

My college best friend collapsed on the sidewalk the night of my wedding. Eighteen months later, I stood by her hospital bed and officiated hers.

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My Op-Ed in The NY Times: What My Father's Ashes Taught Me About Letting Go

For three years, my father's ashes sat in a FedEx box in my closet. Here's what that says about grief, avoidance, and what it means to finally let go.

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Trauma at the Tomb

The original ending of Mark's Gospel is abrupt, unresolved, and terrifying—here’s why I wish later editors had left it that way.

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Speaking of Rape Featured in Syndicate Symposium

Speaking of Rape was featured in a Syndicate symposium, with an extended, multi-part dialogue between the author and four scholars and practitioners.

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Scholars Respond to Speaking of Rape in Religious Studies Review

Speaking of Rape was the subject of a scholarly symposium in Religious Studies Review, with responses from thinkers across ethics, philosophy, and theology.

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My Artificial Chaplains' Named a Top Read of 2025

While recovering from a hiking accident, I posed the same theological question to a lineup of AI spiritual counselors—and found out what they could, and couldn't, offer.

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Book Podcast Interviews

Danielle’s been busy doing a number of interviews on her recent book publication.

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Faith and Feminism Podcast

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Speaking of Rape Featured by Publisher’s Weekly

Danielle was recently interviewed by Publisher’s Weekly about her upcoming book, Speaking of Rape.

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Featured on Syndicate: Danielle’s Surrogacy Book

After writing the first sustained practical theology of surrogacy, Danielle’s book, Conceiving Family, was recently featured on Syndicate, with essays written by four scholars and responses by Danielle to each.

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Danielle Publishes on Climate Crisis

Danielle recently published an article offering a theological, trauma-informed reading of the climate crisis.

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Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care After Church Violence

Danielle recently spoke about faith-based resources for healing from trauma at St. Stephen’s, which experienced a shooting over the summer.

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Danielle Publishes Research on Surrogacy

Danielle publishes research on the ethics of surrogacy.

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Danielle to Join Faculty at Emory University

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Spiritual Care, COVID, Trauma, and the Foster System

Children in foster care experience many forms of trauma, and COVID has exacerbated these. Danielle has written an article about best practices of spiritual care for foster children that addresses their needs during the pandemic.

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Does Trauma Increase Faith?

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Trauma-Informed Ministry Workshop

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Amazon Honors Danielle’s Surrogacy Book