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In Defense of Hope by Misty Harper-Anderson

God doesn’t sleep. He doesn’t grow tired or weary. My burdens or the burdens of those I love are never too much for him.

Instead, Jesus invites us to allow him to carry all that weighs heavily on us.

Women at War.

We are watching for the welfare of the elderly, the vulnerable, our neighbors, our enemies, the homeless, the marginalized, the undocumented, the ones with no voice, to say, we see, we will feed you, we will shout from the rooftops to protect you.

Lent: Plants, Bodies, and Jesus

Maybe talking to plants does help them thrive. I wouldn’t put it past God to be that creative. And maybe my physical self affects my spiritual self. Or better yet, maybe my “self” cannot be bifurcated. Maybe everything is spiritual, even the physical. If an immaterial thing, such as connecting with my plant can help it grow, what are the implications for the way I speak to other people? What about the way I speak to myself?

Church, church love, coronavirus, Faith, hope, lent, Jesus, Bodies, PLantsDanielle Rueb - CastillejoMarch 16, 2020lent, bodies, plants, coronavirus, jesus, blog, blood, idea, ikeaComment

Brown Mother Jesus

We may never fully grasp the level of humiliation for a Jewish man to be naked and bleeding in public. By starting to see this part of Jesus’ sacrifice as a way that Jesus can relate to girls and women bleeding during menstruation, childbirth, and miscarriages, I started to see how much Jesus was like a mother.

Church, church love, Faith, hope, Women, wildDanielle Rueb - CastillejoMarch 9, 2020brown, mother, jesus, korean, american, lent, blood, body Comments

The Church and Consent Part Three

the pews with common faces,

and here, my brown hands

tearing white loaves

for you, for you

my body broken,

i consent

The Church and Consent

In the age of consent and the church, I walked through the door of lying to myself, so I could tell the truth about Jesus and love. The truth about my past wasn’t the truth about Jesus. They did not mix.

Church: A Messy Complication

I say “Yes” to love, relationships, honor, trust, delight, faith, and hope.

Philippians 1:29-30 “29 For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him. 30 We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it.”

hope, Faith, Church, church loveDanielle Rueb - CastillejoJanuary 5, 2020faith, new year, church, race, trauma, hell, no, yes, faith hope and loveComment

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