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Advent Is About How We Treat The Poor Among Us, Because… Yeshua Was Poor

Wherever injustice thrives, there also will poverty. Because injustices pervade our world, the poor live among us all year long and not just at Christmas.

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If Yeshua’s Mother Was Not a Virgin, Would You Still Believe He Is God?: The Implications of Women’s Sexuality for the Christian Religion.

What does it matter to Yeshua's claims to divinity that his mother was a pregnant virgin? What would it have mattered if he'd been birthed by a non-virgin woman? Would his divinity have been questioned, rejected or mattered less? If yes, then we are looking at a situation where salvation of humanity depends on women's sexuality.

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Free To Become Like Children, Free To Love and Be Loved!

I only noticed the presence of the chains by their absence...I feel like a child again and this is good!

Church & Gender Inequality, Clergy Women of Color, Colorism, Cultural Appropriation, Economic Equality & WOC, Equality, Faith, Sexual Orientation & Equality, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Human Sexuality, Indigenous People, Intersectional Theology, Justice for People of Color, Kingdom Living, Language & Equality, LGBTQ+ Theology, LGBTQIA+, Love & Respect, Marriage, Divorce & Equality, Mary, Mother of God, Mary, Mother of Jesus, Missions & Racial Equality, Mutuality Sunday, New Creation Women of Advent, New Testament Women of Advent, Old Testament Women of Advent, People of Color & Missions, Poetry, PTSD & Women of Color, PTSD for Women of Color, Queer Theology, Race & Equity in America, Racial & Gender Mutuality, Rev. Tega Swann, Security & Gender Equality, Sex & Gender Equality, Stereotyping & Women of Color, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, Women , The Incarnation & Christmas, Women of Color & Missions, Women of Color Leadership, Women's Health & Equality, Youth of Color

Truth Doesn’t Always Win (A Poem)

Where truth is told, oppression begins to cease.

Equality

Only African American Men Can Sing Reba McEntire’s “I’m a Survivor!”

A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never stops, with gentle hands and a heart of a fighter. I'm a survivor...But I must have had my momma's will."  Theme song from Reba McEntire's TV series "Reba" I loved watching Reba. I loved the theme song even more. As a new… Continue reading Only African American Men Can Sing Reba McEntire’s “I’m a Survivor!”

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Advent Post: God In The Changing Heart

"The most difficult part of making changes in our lives is that our communities do not always change with us. Our friends do not always change with us. Our family members do not always change with us." -Rev. April Emick Fiet

Abusive Churches & Gender Inequality, Academia & Gender Equality, Equality, Youth of Color

Voices of Our Children: Is Beating the Best Form of Discipline, Correction & Teaching of Our Children?

Not every 'Christian' child grows up to embrace 'Christianity' after they were raised with the literal 'rod' of discipline and correction of being hit in the name of correction. Many have instead, walked away from the church and the vengeful and violent god of their parents.

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Man or Husband Does Not Mean or Translate as Protector, Provider, Defender, Etc..

Nowhere in the Scriptures is there mention of this term being translated to mean 'provider,' 'defender,' or 'protector.' Instead, what we see in Scripture is that people who are in covenant of commitment to one another deliberately practice and model these concepts regardless of their gender. -Oghene'tega Swann

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A Seat at the Table

"Phrases like โ€œsame-sex-attractionโ€ and โ€œstruggling with...โ€ are homophobic dog whistles from anti-LGBTQ+ ideologies that are so extreme they believe that even identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexualโ€“โ€“even without acting on your attractionsโ€“โ€“is sinful, and being transgender is altogether off the table." -Alex M. Griffin