Today, across our country and across the world, women are going on strike. Following the historic women’s march on January 21, women today are raising their voices in protest by abstaining from any paid or unpaid work and avoiding participating in the economy through purchases (with the exception of small, female-owned businesses). On International Women’s
Top Six Books for Christian Women (of 2016) Humble Roots by Hannah Anderson. Hannah Anderson caught my eye with her first book Made for More. My husband bought it for me unexpectedly and I devoured it in two days. It’s not that the book offered particularly new information, but a uniquely fresh perspective on the
The only sermon I have ever left in tears was on Deborah. My husband and I were grateful to be a part of a church that worked through Biblical Text book-by-book and verse-by-verse, and as a church we were working through the book of Judges. When I turned to the Text for that morning’s
God of every country, of every nation, of every land; We come to you this morning with our hearts in our hands. We woke anxious, slept uneasy, and rise to meet the day with worry tucked inside our chests. We are not a people of easy trust, and yet, we find we have placed
It was subtle and discrete. I hardly noticed the press release in the seemingly endless feed of news and updates until it was literally placed in front of me by a friend. Dropping the announcement on my keyboard at work, “This,” they said emphatically. “What do you make of this?” I’ll be honest, my mind
I flicked my phone screen, scrolling down, down, down through an endless feed of political news. Each headline built on the one before it, their all-caps all-bold typeface seemingly screaming at me from the screen. One candidate’s aggressive proposal to further abortions in our nation, the other’s ongoing dismissal of those who are different than
This morning I want to throw in the towel. The morning hustle began as it always does on Friday mornings. I walked the dog, drank the coffee, cleaned the kitchen, and headed for the shower. My phone in my hand, I checked Twitter (you know, because I’m current and all). Usually, my Twitter feed is
I am a pretty confident person. I have always been opinionated, and it doesn’t really bother me. I have always been vocal about things I am passionate about, and it is not something that I am ashamed of. I don’t embarrass all that easily (unless, of course, social awkwardness is involved, in which case I
This Friday morning is a dark one. We have woken the past three days to tragic news flashing across every screen we own. Blood and gunfire and crowds scattering and people screaming have been the wake up call to start our day in darkness. This morning I woke up and sat on our patio with