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The Sisterhood of God’s image

I love shoes. And cute jewelry. And the way I feel when my clothes look good and my hair falls just so and I am projecting the image of a sassy, cute, competent gal! This to me is an integrated sense of self where the outside matches who I know God made me to be on...

How to be an upstander

Last week at dinner church one of our kiddos was telling us about being an upstander. This means that instead of being a bystander who just watches something happen an upstander is someone who stands up for others, practices kindness, and helps other people. An...

Gospel Time

After beginning our reading of the bible last year we are heading in to the final section, the gospels!  I am so excited to get back to Jesus.  Today we begin with Matthew, this is a perfect time to start again, begin for the first time, or jump ahead. For April and...

Faith & Facts: Peacebuilding

Our final class of our Lenten session was on Peacebuilding.  We were very moved by both the need of forgiveness as part of peacebuilding and the intersectionality of peacebuilding. It was fitting to explore peace as we remembered Christ coming on a peaceable donkey...

Faith & Facts: Criminal Justice Reform

This week we explored Criminal Justice Reform.  We told stories of our own experiences with the criminal justice system.  Rhonda spent years leading groups and teaching bibles studies within the federal prison system with groups from her churches in the midwest.  I...

Faith & Facts: Domestic Violence

This week was session 2 of ou Lenten Class. We are using the Faith & Facts Cards from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. Today we focused on domestic violence.  I taught today and it was wonderful to begin with this deep sense of biblical...