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Every month new topics that are relevant to women and how faith relates to those issues are featured.
Back to School through a lens
by Ralen Robinson The new school year is fast approaching. This time pre-COVID, we would be inundated with back to school commercials, sales for school supplies, pictures of children wearing their new clothes on the first day back. Yet, this school year looks...
How are you?
by: Ralen Robinson It's okay not to be okay. The other day I was in Trader Joes getting groceries when I ran into someone I knew. In our conversation, they asked, "How are you doing?" And I responded, "okay." Yet, that response was far from how I was doing. I was...
Boldcafe Podcast: Me too
The truths we tell by Sara Olson-Smith The more we tell our stories, the less shame we have. A pastor shares about how to respond when someone tells you #metoo. Listen to the podcast episode below and on iTunes.
#Metoo: A litany for speaking out or not
by Elizabeth McBride We offer this #metoo litany as a way to lift our voices together in solidarity with women and girls who have said “me too.” God of the matriarchs, we pray for all the women and girls who are survivors of sexual harassment and sexual assault. We...
Boldcafe: Truth
July 2020 THINK by Sunday Saari A student uses her voice and talent to advocate against sexual assualt. Read more Faith reflections: The truths we tell by Sara Olson-Smith A pastor shares how to support victims of sexual assualt. Read more
Faith Reflections: The truths we tell
by Sara Olson-Smith Our memories are strange things. When we think we've got things filed nicely away in the back of the drawer, something yanks them out, scattering piles of memories like paper across a desk. Sometimes those rediscovered memories are a blessing, like...
THINK
by Sunday Saari I walked down the street on the way to meet my friend for dinner and noticed a lovely summer sunset. It was a street I had walked down hundreds of times before. As I passed a church on the usually crowded street, I noticed three men tumble out of the...
Boldcafe Podcast: Hope
Feels like Good Friday by Angela T. Khabeb At times, we struggle to recognize Jesus in our midst. Listen to the podcast episode below and on iTunes.
12 faith practices for racial justice
by Judith Roberts “. . . for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then...
Faith Reflections: Feels like Good Friday
by Angela Khabeb A few weeks ago, the gospel text for the third Sunday of Easter was the familiar story of The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13-35). I’ve heard this story throughout my life and preached it many times. But encountering this familiar story through a COVID-19...
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