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Faith Reflections
Join us on our journey of faith as we explore, discuss and reflect on shared insights from our community. Scripture and reflections written by young women in ministry that relate to the main article are offered here.
Faith reflections: Beloved and wonderfully made
by Emily Heitzman It is really hard to be a preteen or teenager today. I unfortunately know this because as a pastor who works with youth, I have seen this firsthand. I’m not saying that it wasn’t difficult to be that age. I received my fair share of unrealistic and...
Advent: The season of illumination
by Emily Anne Carson Advent is a season of illumination. We watch and wait to welcome the Light. The Light of Christ empowers us to see the world around us in new and braver ways. The Light radiates in such a way that we recognize reality without fear. It isn't just...
Let’s talk about debt, baby
by Rozella Haydée White We talk about debt in the same ways we talk about sex. We either don’t talk about it at all, or we relegate it to hushed corners of shame. Debt and sex are two things that most people in this country have, yet the church rarely creates space to...
What Scripture says about God’s love
by Erin Strybis As far as Bible characters go, I’ve always identified more with Martha than Mary. In Luke 10:38-42, when Martha opens her home to Jesus and his disciples, I understand why she’s “distracted with many things.” The disciples were likely tired, smelly and...
What the Bible says about rejection
by Becca Ehrlich There was a job that I wanted, and I even had a sense that God was calling me to it. Needless to say, I was thrilled when I got an interview. Colleagues and friends affirmed me, saying that my gifts and skills matched the job. I prayed about it,...
Running from rest
by Elyssa Salinas Lazarski When I was in college, my parents got divorced. I remember running away from everything that could remind me that my world was breaking apart. Overcommitting myself with school and social life was just another way to stay too busy to think...
Holy witnesses to the resurrection
by Kristen Glass Perez In each of the four gospels, Mary Magdalene and other women are the first to arrive at the empty tomb of Jesus. They don't expect it to be empty; they expect to prepare the body for proper burial. In this way, they show up as the people they...
Loving others as you love yourself
by Megan Torgerson The command to “love your neighbor as yourself” turns up just one time in the Old Testament. We find it buried deep in an eclectic list of instructions to (among other things) not mix fabrics, not consume blood, and not round off the hair on your...
Belonging to the body of Christ
by Lisa Heffernan Most of the time, I hate my feet. They’re tiny, have terrible circulation, get puffy sometimes, and I had a wound on one of my toes that stuck around for almost six years. As a paraplegic who was born with spina bifida, my relationship with my feet...
Perfectly imperfect
by Meghan Johnston Aelabouni “New Year, New You!” Every January, this phrase pops up in ads for gym memberships, in magazine articles featuring ten easy steps for money management or relationships, and even in churches whose members are urged to recommit to faith in...