Author: allthinxchristian

About 'me' - as you'll come to realize, I am a mixture of things and this I've come to realize 'this' is God's gift to me. I experience life at many different levels and in many different contexts and see through many different lenses, and through it all and like the Apostle Paul, I have learned to see the Heavenly Father's good plan for my life (Romans 8:28). Through it all, I have also learned and enjoy the contentment that comes from knowing that no matter what happens, I am safely ensconced in my Heavenly Father's arms.
Abusive Churches & Gender Inequality, Academia & Gender Equality, Academia & Racial Justice, Allied Partnerships, Black Women & The Image of God, Church & Gender Inequality, Clergy Women of Color, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Race & Equity in America, Rev. Tega Swann, Seminaries & Justice, Stereotyping & Women of Color, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, VOCCU

How To Be A People/Women of Color Ally

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"Being an ally means the actual practice of "mourning with those who mourn" and "rejoicing with those who rejoice." In order to mourn with those who mourn, you must go to the house of mourning! [Even Jesus did that!]" -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann

Abusive Churches & Gender Inequality, Black Women & The Image of God, CBE-Nigeria Chapter, Church & Gender Inequality, Clergy Women of Color, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Gender, Racial Equality & Parenting, God, Women & Covenant, Mary, Mother of God, Mary, Mother of Jesus, New Creation Women of Advent, New Testament Women of Advent, Old Testament Women of Advent, P/WOC & Parenting, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, VOCCU, Women , The Incarnation & Christmas, Women of Color & Missions, Women of Color Leadership

To All The Mothers In Israel!

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"When women open their voices to cry out in labor that new, liberated life be allowed to come forth from places of oppression, women are engaging in motherhood." -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann

Abusive Churches & Gender Inequality, Academia & Gender Equality, Academia & Racial Justice, Allied Partnerships, Black Women & The Image of God, Church & Gender Inequality, Clergy Women of Color, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Rev. Tega Swann, Seminaries & Justice, Stereotyping & Women of Color, Women of Color Leadership, Women's Conferences & Equality

Dark & Lovely: Is God In It? A Reflection on the 2018 Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Schaff Lectures on Race, Gender and the Imago Dei

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"The Shunamite woman stands in the canon and reminds us of both the age-old struggle to suppress Black women and other women of color and the righteous resistance such women must put forth: dark am I, and lovely. Our blackness is not an apology. It is a declaration that we are made in God's image." -Rev. Tega Swann

Black Women & The Image of God, CBE-Nigeria Chapter, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Rev. Tega Swann

Don’t Rob Oga’s Wife To Pay Oga

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Oga's wife. Oga Madam. Pastor's wife... All these are terms that are used to represent women as shadows and extensions of their husbands, but there are no similar titles for men. One doesn't hear: Madam's husband. Madam Oga. Pastor's husband. From the homefront to the work place, the story is the same: no matter how… Continue reading Don’t Rob Oga’s Wife To Pay Oga

Black Women & The Image of God, Equality, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Kingdom Living, Old Testament Women of Advent, Race & Equity in America, VOCCU

When God Sends Us Those Foreigners

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"It's a despicable human practice that the most despised group in a despised people group are the women of that people group. For some strange reason, dishonoring the women of a despised tribe is proof of how low that tribe is. No wonder enemy groups degrade the women of their opponents through rape. Yes, women always have it worse when it comes to any marginalized group!" -Rev. Tega Swann

Black Women & The Image of God, Church & Gender Inequality, Equal In Sexuality, God, Women & Covenant, Jesus & Feminism, Kingdom Living, Marriage, Divorce & Equality, VOCCU

Single Women and the Imago Dei

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"The revelation of who God is carries into our lives both as single and married folks, and not just as married folks. Thus, we do not lack full representation of God only to gain it when we become married. Instead, God reveals the fullness of His being to us both in singleness and in marriage." -Rev. Tega Swann

Academia & Gender Equality, Church & Gender Inequality, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Eve in Redemption's Story, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Jesus & Feminism, Kingdom Living, Mary, Mother of God, Mary, Mother of Jesus, New Creation Women of Advent, New Testament Women of Advent, Old Testament Women of Advent, People of Color & Christmas, The Holy Spirit & Equality, VOCCU, Women , The Incarnation & Christmas, Women of Color in Advent

When Mary Led…

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"...a new kind of woman is found in Mary and in her connection to and with Jesus:.."

Church & Gender Inequality, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Eve in Redemption's Story, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Kingdom Living, Mary, Mother of God, Mary, Mother of Jesus, The Holy Spirit & Equality, VOCCU, Women , The Incarnation & Christmas, Women of Color in Advent

It’s Eve’s Advent Too!

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"Eve has been directly hit by patriarchy over and over and even in the face of the fulfillment of the promise, patriarchy refuses to let her go! However, we must proclaim that what Eve waited for has come. Eve is free! Patriarchy no longer has a hold over her story!"

Academia & Gender Equality, Church & Gender Inequality, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Eve in Redemption's Story, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Mary, Mother of God, Mary, Mother of Jesus, VOCCU, Women , The Incarnation & Christmas, Women of Color in Advent

Eve, Keeper of the First Watch

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"Eve's hopeful waiting for the promised deliverance laid the ground work for the covenanted people of God to inherit the promises. She expressed her hope in the name of her son, and it wasn't long before others around learned to express a similar hope in God, enough to call upon him!"

Church & Gender Inequality, Ethnic Equality, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Jesus & Feminism, Kingdom Living, Mary, Mother of God, VOCCU, Women , The Incarnation & Christmas, Women of Color in Advent

Eve, Inheritor of the First Promise

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"God gave Eve hope by giving her something to look forward to after the temptation and its consequences...God's promise to save, to redeem, etc., first came to us in a woman, Eve!"