Heather Walker Peterson

Heather Walker Peterson is a writer, mother, and assistant professor and chair of the Department of English and Literature at the University of Northwestern-Saint Paul.

Contributions by Heather Walker Peterson

Reflections

March 25, 2021

By Heather Walker Peterson

Resting in Christ’s Resurrection During Another Hard Lent

English professor Heather Walker Peterson grieves yet another challenging Lent and offers solace as we seek conversation with Christ in this season.

Reflections

November 25, 2019

By Heather Walker Peterson

Thanksgiving Turned to Longing: Mary’s Song

Heather Walker Peterson finds a common thread linking traditional Thanksgiving celebrations and Mary's experience of gratitude.

Reflections

October 22, 2019

By Heather Walker Peterson

Where’s My Guru for Full-Time Working Mothers?

Heather Walker Peterson bemoans the lack of role models in her life calling and invites fellow full-time working mothers to think creatively about filling that gap.

Reflections

December 19, 2018

By Heather Walker Peterson

Longing for All Things to Be Made Right: This Advent for Women

Heather Walker Peterson leads us through our place in a long history of hope and expectation in this fallen world.

Arts, Books, and Media

October 04, 2018

By Heather Walker Peterson

Apologist for a Deepened Faith

How can a professor at a Christian college gently guide her students toward a gracious and broad examination of thought and literature? Heather Walker Peterson gains insight from Sarah Arthur's recent book on Madeleine L'Engle's spiritual legacy.

Reflections

June 26, 2018

By Heather Walker Peterson

God, Tether My Love for My Kids This Summer

In the relaxed pace of summer, Heather Walker Peterson examines the spiritual ballast she needs in order to love her children well.

Reflections

March 22, 2018

By Heather Walker Peterson

Giving up Being Right Even If I Am

Heather Walker Peterson relinquishes her right to be right — in the name of love.

Reflections

December 14, 2017

By Heather Walker Peterson

Accepting My Limitations: The Gift I Give Myself This Advent

Heather Walker Peterson negotiates the internal conflict between social expectations and her deepest priorities.

Blog

October 11, 2017

By Heather Walker Peterson

Taking Risks at Work: Flourishing

Heather Walker Peterson explores how the process of trying out new ideas in the classroom and with colleagues can help us to grow and flourish.

Reflections

June 19, 2017

By Heather Walker Peterson

Accepting My Female Body

Heather Walker Peterson examines her journey from shame to acceptance of her embodied, womanly self.

Blog

March 08, 2017

By Heather Walker Peterson

On Not Having It All Together: Lent Isn’t Advent

Heather Walker Peterson reflects on the way Jesus sees through polished exteriors and meets us during Lent.

Reflections

December 13, 2016

By Heather Walker Peterson

Entangled Calendars

Heather Walker Peterson explores the tension of living amidst both the secular and the sacred at this time of year.

Blog

August 31, 2016

By Heather Walker Peterson

Questioning God About Childcare

My friend Caroline is reading the Old Testament passage and Psalm. She tucks her hair back behind her ears, bending over the lectern. (This is a friend who tears up when she holds out the goblet of wine to me during the Eucharist: “The cup of salvation.”) She is reading a portion of Ruth...

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Contributions by Heather Walker Peterson

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