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The Storm, the Whirlwind, and the Earthquake

February 20, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.” —Frederick Douglass

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, saints, women

Agatha of Sicily and Celebrating Whole Womanhood

February 5, 2023 By Ryan Kuratko Leave a Comment

Maybe you, like me, are surprised to see Pamela Anderson in a Christian education blog.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: abuse, martyrdom, patron saints, saints, teenagers, teens, women

Argula von Grumbach and the Saints We Do Not Know

July 14, 2022 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

Argula was — for a while — a wife, mother of four, and extremely privileged. Until she started speaking out. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: faith in action, Reformation, saints, women

Pauli Murray: on time saint

July 1, 2022 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

What does it mean for someone to be born ahead of their time? People say that about Pauli Murray. I wonder why? Maybe because Pauli […]

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: African American, black, civil rights, gender, hero, law, lawyer, priest, saints, women

ConseCrate: Because she doesn’t need another cross

September 25, 2021 By Allison Sandlin Liles Leave a Comment

I found the carefully curated items inside my monthly ConseCrate box too good to give up.

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Following the Living Examples of Agnes and Cecelia

January 21, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde 2 Comments

Saint Cecelia and Saint Agnes are known for contributions to the church writ large, one contribution being how they have inspired the women who came into the church after them. 

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Finding Phoebe Between Longing and Frustration

September 3, 2020 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

For Phoebe, as for many biblical women, we are left to construct and imagine with the barest of scraps of insight.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, deacon, phoebe, St. Paul, women

Saints Around Us: Galentine’s Day

February 13, 2020 By Di McCullough 1 Comment

The sitcom “Parks and Recreation” introduced a new holy day into my personal liturgical calendar: Galentine’s Day.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Building Faith, communion of saints, friendship, Jesus, Valentine's Day, women

Agency and Lionesses: Thecla the Martyr

September 23, 2019 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

It happens often when we are in church: at the time of the children’s sermon, my daughter is nowhere to be found.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, martyrdom, saints, women

Mary Magdalene’s Bold Hope in the Resurrection

July 22, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 4 Comments

Terrified women share an experience with men they trust, but the men don’t believe them. They say the women are lying. One of these women in particular is publicly shamed and labeled with the slanderous reputation of being a prostitute.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Feast Days, hope, resurrection, St. Mary Magdalene, women

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