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{ Jerusalem, Jerusalem }

13 Jan, 2015

Each month SheLoves Magazine selects a theme for reflection. This month the word is GATHER. What stirred in my memory was Jesus saying he wanted to gather…

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{ This Advent, We Mourn }

23 Dec, 2014

Our streets tremble these days. They quake with so much wrong and woe. How can we think of green garlands and twinkle lights, or send carolers out…

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{ Deeper Story: none to comfort }

15 Dec, 2014

I used to anticipate Christmas. I anticipated The Birth, the joy and the peace. The weeks of waiting, called Advent, intensified the arrival of the baby. The…

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{ I am the betrayer }

13 Dec, 2014

Often times personal lament and confession overlap. There are moments we see ourselves amid the ashes and we complain, confess, speak out our part in the wrongness…

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{ Deeper Church: On fighting, farming & feasting }

16 Oct, 2014

I’ve come to think that the implements for peace are in the granaries, not the armories. Maybe we need to look in garden sheds, not gun safes,…

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brown boy walking

09 Oct, 2014

He was walking to school in the morning air, right before the sun warmed away the chill. Backpack slung over one shoulder, dangling as he shuffled in…

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watching for missiles

23 Aug, 2014

  This is the most hard experience which anyone can face to wait and watch the missiles fall on your house. #GazaUnderAttack — Jehad Saftawi (@Jehadsaftawi) August…

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REFLECT: Nelson Mandela

06 Dec, 2013

We’ve been invited, as a Deeper Story family, to reflect on the passing of Nelson Mandela. Our reflection is hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker, the host of Five…

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{ ShePonders: Another Arrival }

03 Dec, 2013

Four hundred years of waiting for a Messiah who never came. Malachi said the day is coming… but no one arrived to save Israel. The prophets were…

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{ SheLoves: after the verdict }

16 Jul, 2013

This isn’t the first time I felt scared for my son. I remember when I first learned that dark-skinned men are more likely to be incarcerated. Or…

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