Writing Portfolio
A Collection of Original Works by Jenni Lincoln

Madwoman Writings

To The Attic - (2004) I composed this Spiritual Autobiography as a Personal Essay for my graduate program Communication Design class.

Out of the Attic: Leveraging Women's Experience of Otherness in the Evangelical Christian Church - (2007) my Master's Thesis in Whole Systems Design [currently available online here]

Dorothy Day - (1994) This essay was composed in response to reading & discussion of Robert Coles' biography of Dorothy Day.  In Day's life & work, and in the resonance I found between her and Simone Weil, I felt a strong pull to challenge Christian religion as I'd known it.  This paper conveys an early phase in my rejection of religion and my call to something else. 

Creating Community

Donuts Make a Difference - (1995)  I wrote this essay while an undergraduate at Gordon College, nearly fifteen years ago.  I came across it recently while cleaning out our storage unit and was struck by the message it still conveys.  It offered me a reminder of why and how women form communities.  It's not about changing the world or being recognized as significant.  It's about fostering significant connections across our ordinary (even invisible) lives.  The world is changed by the changes in our lives and the bonds we form.

Peace & Social Justice

"Support the Troops, Oppose the War" - (2005)

Suriname Indigenous Health Fund - (2006)

Environment

Ecological Sustainability: What and So What? - (2005)  My graduate program had a number of required courses, including Ecological Sustainability.  We had two primary writing assignments for this class and this is the first.  This assignment came at the start of the class to assess what we understood about the subject prior to study. 

Poetry

Sometimes some things can only be expressed in lines of poetry.