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On uncertainty and enduring hope: A dialogue with Sister Laurie Brink, O.P.

  • Writer: HORIZON
    HORIZON
  • Aug 6
  • 9 min read

By Jesús Leyva


Every aspect of our lives is contextual, and our personal views of religious life, spirituality, and what it means to be a faithful Catholic are rooted in a particular place and time. Pictured left to right: Sister Laurie Brink, O.P., Sister Betsy Pawlicki, O.P. (in the back), Sister Christin Tomy, O.P., Sister Siobhan Burroughs, O.P., and Emet the dog. (Photo courtesy of Sister Laurie Brink, O.P.)
Every aspect of our lives is contextual, and our personal views of religious life, spirituality, and what it means to be a faithful Catholic are rooted in a particular place and time. Pictured left to right: Sister Laurie Brink, O.P., Sister Betsy Pawlicki, O.P. (in the back), Sister Christin Tomy, O.P., Sister Siobhan Burroughs, O.P., and Emet the dog. (Photo courtesy of Sister Laurie Brink, O.P.)

WHILE RELIGIOUS LIFE CONTINUES to navigate profound cultural and generational shifts, few voices have reflected as thoughtfully on the church’s evolving landscape as Sister Laurie Brink, O.P., a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa and professor of New Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union. Brink has spent decades exploring the intersection of scripture, mission, interculturality, and contemporary religious life. As she puts it, her current work focuses on developing “a Catholic intercultural hermeneutic,” which is “a fancy way of saying” that she is trying to create approaches to reading, teaching, and preaching scripture that speak to the reality of an increasingly multicultural church.

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