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The invisible face of war and conflict
in Blog onRead moreThirteen tables groups each worked on the profile of a refugee at a gathering I was recently attending. Only two…
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Renegotiating Identity
in Blog onRead moreWomen have multiple identities, raising the question as to when these different identities are articulated. The family is where definitions…
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Hearing the voice of the other
in Blog onRead moreIn her essay, ‘Can the Subaltern Speak’, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak argues that interventions under colonial rule, such as the abolition…
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Women’s Credit Associations: Savings and Social Benefits
in Blog onRead moreAs I sat in women’s literacy classes in Egypt, I would watch as the women put in money, small amounts…
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Lament: giving expression to God’s nearness
in Blog onRead moreThe release by Boko Haram, in May this year, of some of the young girls it had kidnapped was a…
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Lessons from the long-expected joy of sharing Jesus stories with Muslim women
in Blog onRead moreThe Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng. Psalm 68:11 For eight years…
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The Hospitality of God in the context of faith conversations: the Prophets Stories
in Blog onRead more“We must go on being profoundly and deeply hospitable…we mustn’t turn against people because of their faith…” Justin Welby, Arch…
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Women’s Shame – 3
in Blog onRead moreThe previous two posts discussed shame ascribed to women, and embodied in women’s bodies. Jesus’ interaction with women who carried…
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Women’s Shame – 2
in Blog onRead moreIn the last post we discussed how shame (and blame) is often ascribed more to women, including in situations of…
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The Presence of God
in Blog onRead more‘God is near us, God is in our heart’. This has been the surprising discovery of some of us as…
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