Left Behind or Sent Ahead?

And now don’t be grieved or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. Genesis 45:5 CSB I love studying historical women who were ceiling breakers. Anyone who knows me knows that Maria W. Stewart is one of my favorite figures. She lived in the nineteenth …

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In Creating

I wrote my dissertation, Womanish Ways, in about a year. I had the funding to concentrate on it completely without working or teaching, and I had the motivation to get it one before I started my first position as a professor. As a graduate student, it was a privileged position to be in. But as …

What Are You Waiting For?

But me, I’m not giving up. I’m sticking around to see what God will do. I’m waiting for God to make things right. I’m counting on God to listen to me.Micah 7:7 MSG The minor prophets of the Old Testament can be easy to overlook. The small chapters are easy to flip by and what …

Invited

Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.”Matthew 9:12‭-‬13 MSG Thank you, Lord, that we are invited to spend time with You--the God of the universe. Through Your Son Jesus, …

Looking Back to See His Restoration

Looking back and moving forward at the same time is potentially a dizzying business. Our toddler is proof of this. He loves to be chased, but he has a bad habit of looking back while he is running full steam ahead. It makes him laugh so hard not just to know that someone is chasing …

An End of the Year Prayer

Father God, in Your Sovereignty, You allowed some things and some people to be removed from my life in this past year. There were some unexpected losses that came because of this broken, fragile, imperfect world we live in. My grief in the face of these losses is real and present. Whether days, weeks, or …

Darkness before Light

I am lost. I let the words sit in my brain before I yanked them back. I know I am not lost—I am found. But at that moment that was my first thought. Sitting there with a dream shattered in my hands, I felt utterly lost. Now what? I am at a loss. I do …