Imagine that you are happily married at age twenty. What would you do if, by age thirty, you became widowed and penniless, and a parent to a dozen children?
All tagged motherhood
Free Black Mamas 2022
It’s that time of the year when I, along with the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, work to liberate as many Black mothers out of jail as we can for Mother’s Day.
Prenatal Yoga for Women of Color
We at Yoga 4 Philly see prenatal yoga as a necessity in improving the livelihood of our mothers, our children, and our world.
#FreeBlackMamas
God is doing something about this injustice, and the church has an invitation and a responsibility to join God in the mission of liberation.
Extravagant Love
Our lives are not just sustained, they are infused with God’s love that overflows from need to sheer luxuriance.
For Mothers
Beginning with Eve, you began a tradition of passing down motherhood for generations to come.
A Prayer for Mother's Day
Lord, God of Sara, Rebekah, and Rachel;
and God of Hagar, Bilhah, and Zilpah.
Squirming on Mother's Day
When Mother’s Day comes along, I start squirming, and I really just want to move on to Monday when no one is launching Proverbs 31 grenades at me.
Running to Trust God
I stopped trusting God with my kids a while ago because of the accident, because of the C-section, because of the therapy, because of all the pain, all the fear, all the brokenness in the world.
Life Leaves a Mark
Loving God, we gratefully receive your gift of life. Mysterious Spirit, we welcome the new life you are growing in us.
Top 5 CHARIS Posts in 2017
I'm pleased to look back on 2017 and share with you these most-read posts last year.
Clinging to the Cross
I will cling to the cross because it is the only place to find reconciliation between this world’s suffering and shame and a God who claims to be good.
Happy Mother's Day to God??
Yes, the Bible uses the image or metaphor of “Father” to refer to God, but it is only an image; one way of communicating what God is like (a God that is neither male nor female).
Dear Mom
My sister Margie and I have collaborated together for today’s post for our mother who would have turned 83 this week.
Breathe
The truth remained unchanged; I was not enough. So whatever circumstances are causing you to ask the question, “Am I enough?” breathe with me and say, “My grace is sufficient for you…”
Crazy
To me, a mother’s love is like seeing through the keyhole of God’s fathomless desire to be in relationship with us, despite the obvious reality that it would have been simpler for him to choose another option.
The Labor of Longing
The suffering of Paul, of Julian, and of a mother carrying an unborn child are all sufferings that can “effect by labor” deep spiritual longing. And this labor of longing gives birth to hope.
Living within Limits
The good news is that there is something deeply spiritual about living and working within God-ordained limits--or to put it another way, living fully and acceptingly within our own set of realities.
The Power of Blood
There is something unique about female humanity that puts them in solidarity with Christ. The blood of women has life-giving power, so too the blood that poured from Jesus’s side bore new creation.
