Mary's Writing
All articles featured below are written by Mary Johnson
- My story "Red Dress" appears in the 2013 volume of the literary journal Clockhouse.
- The anthology Beyond Belief: Women in Extreme Religions closes with my essay "Nun Hands."
- The story of how I happened across an unexpected Jesus appeared in the Easter edition of The New York Times Magazine.
- Faitheist, Courage, and Keeping Up with the Johnsons’ Eleven Faith Traditions Mary looks at her multi-religious family in an article in The Humanist
- "Pope Benedict an unexpected revolutionary" USA Today (reprinted by numerous Gannet local papers)
- "Remembering Princess Diana and Mother Teresa: They Met at My House" - The Huffington Post
- Several reflections on the Vatican's investigation of American nuns: (click here for a complete listing)
- "American Nuns Will Not be Bullied" - The Huffington Post
- "The Vatican Lays a Cunning Trap for American Nuns" - The Huffington Post
- "Sisters are Women of Conviction" - The Albany Times Union
- "The Nuns Who Once Taught the Bishops Aren't Done Yet" - Religion News Service
- "Nuns In Street Clothing Shouldn't Frighten Vatican"- Bloomberg This article was widely discussed, including on the following sites:
- "Often Overlooked, Sisters Are At Equality Forefront"- From Eternity To Here
- "Nuns- are they a force for good or...?"- Linen on the Hedgerow
- "A Habit of LGBT Equality"- New Ways Ministry
- "The Catholic Crackdown on Feminism"- Big Think
- "Women Authors: Enough With Girly Covers!"- The New Agenda
- O Magazine Excerpt from An Unquenchable Thirst
- "Shining A Light On Mother Teresa"- NPR