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September 11, 2023

Healing from shame

‘Daisy’ came from the Middle East to be married in a Western nation. Her husband and his family were abusive, and her husband ended up in jail. Although Daisy had…

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August 28, 2023

Muslim women’s perspectives on honor

[This article is an excerpt from a longer article by Louise Simon that you can read

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April 17, 2023

Trust: working with diaspora communities

I’ve been thinking about trust... I have an interesting relationship with a Persian lady here on a bridging visa, with her husband and two teenage sons. She initially rang the…

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February 20, 2023

A Journey

At first, my mind was closed. I was afraid and asked, Why did he give me birth? My heart was like a bomb blast. Day by day as I read,…

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January 23, 2023

God making himself known to women

The God who sees – Hagar. God who hears – Hannah. God who protects – Tamar. God who provides – Rahab. God who heals – woman who was bleeding. God…

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January 9, 2023

Rendering women voiceless: suffering without lament

I remember the evening well. One of my students had died in a motorcycle accident and I was called to the hospital. I had given her permission to leave after…

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November 14, 2022

Women’s Voice

In this first blog, Moyra issued an invitation to recognise and listen to women's voices. For me, I was struck by the way she challenges assumed norms about the role…

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Book Review

January 11, 2022

Say what your longing heart desires

Title of Book: Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran Author: Niloofar Haeri Published: Stanford University Press, 2021 Reviewer: C. Hine How do women seeking…

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January 10, 2022

God responds to pain and suffering

We had climbed to part of the area that had been devastated by the earthquake. Under a makeshift shelter an old lady sat rocking back and forward. She described the…

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January 1, 2022

‘I am the Lord’s servant…’

My Muslim friends have often challenged me about what it means to live my faith as an act of submission to God in the everyday of life. Where I struggle…

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Healing from shame

Muslim women’s perspectives on honor

Trust: working with diaspora communities

A Journey

God making himself known to women

Rendering women voiceless: suffering without lament

Women’s Voice

Say what your longing heart desires

God responds to pain and suffering

‘I am the Lord’s servant…’

Verse For Your Day

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presence

Healing from shame

Muslim women’s perspectives on honor

Trust: working with diaspora communities

A Journey

God making himself known to women

Rendering women voiceless: suffering without lament

Women’s Voice

Say what your longing heart desires

God responds to pain and suffering

‘I am the Lord’s servant…’

Verse For Your Day

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