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Tara Jernigan, D.Min. is the Archdeacon of the Anglican Diocese of the Southwest. She teaches Biblical Greek and Diaconal Studies as an adjunct professor for Trinity School for Ministry and serves on the Board of Directors at Nashotah House Theological Seminary.

Bio current as of March 2024.

More by Tara Jernigan

Hollow Footsteps

03 Mar 2020

Tara Jernigan

anti-Semitism, Holocaust

There had been a notable uptick in anti-Semitic attacks in Europe. Alone on a lonely street in the heart of Paris, I wondered if just standing where I was could make me a target of either suspicion or of hate. The door to the Holocaust Memorial was locked, as only three or four...

Spina Bifida: Where Some Have Led the Way

26 Nov 2019

Tara Jernigan

Spina Bifida

“The baby won’t live to be fourteen.” Our grandmother would announce her skepticism about my cousin’s life expectancy as easily as she would announce that the weatherman had predicted rain. Of course, there was nothing magic about the age of fourteen—every anticipated...

Of Soap and Water

15 Oct 2019

Tara Jernigan

I briefly wondered who had taught him the English words “soap” and “five.” He couldn’t have been more than ten years old, standing out on the sidewalk in 90-degree heat with his satchel full of soap and a smile that radiated to his eyes. “Soap? Five shekel.” Our guide...

Letting Weeping Spend the Night

13 Aug 2019

Tara Jernigan

It was the twenty-third of May, and I found myself face to face with a small, sticky-sweet-looking red velvet cake. I may have considered the purchase for a few moments; cake isn’t healthy after all. In the end, though, I brought it home, and we had it for dessert. My...

Learning the Language

14 May 2019

Tara Jernigan

cultural harmony, hospitality

Every Thursday morning I have a little cross-cultural experience. The rituals of greeting—taking off my shoes before entering a home, warm exchanges, inquiring about one another’s families—come fairly naturally to me. More difficult is a solicitous style of text messaging, in...

With New Eyes

05 Feb 2019

Tara Jernigan

family

I am rarely left speechless. Snappy retorts are part of my native language, and those few times when my mother’s instructions for what to do when I cannot say anything nice dominate my response, the conversation in question is likely a memorable one. Oddly enough, these...

Lessons from a Foster Family

26 Dec 2018

Tara Jernigan

family

It was two in the morning when a little round face popped up from the mattress, looked right and left, and then asked, “Umma?” He was ten months old and had already mastered the intonation of a question. It was two in the morning when I patted my little son on the back and...

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Tara Jernigan

Hollow Footsteps

Spina Bifida: Where Some Have Led the Way

Of Soap and Water

Letting Weeping Spend the Night

Learning the Language

With New Eyes

Lessons from a Foster Family

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