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Superwomen, Dance, and Pentecost:

You won’t want to miss this multicultural service conducted in German, English, and Kikuyu with plenty of DANCE! by Tanzanian women, an African dancer, and Irina Jang in celebration of Pentecost!

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Irina Jang & The God of the Fire Dance

In this post, we hear from Irina Jang, a professional circus artist and performing artist as she share her experience meeting God through dance and how He used her passion to carry her through the darkness of 2020 with Fire Arts.

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Resting in His Big Heart

Recently, in reflecting on the weight of the circumstances surrounding us; both communally (COVID, current events like mass shootings and racial tensions) and personal (you fill in the black), Dr. Kevin Higgins stated that, "[All of these things are] just a reminder to myself and to us. And it is good to remember that everything we hear about, and know about, and face is something common to many, many others all over our world. Overwhelming, yes. But a healthy necessity. So, allow it, embrace it, even seek it sometimes."

He then said to also be reminded that, "There is a bigger Heart that holds it all. And I have nowhere to go but to place my small heart in that big Heart."

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Empowering Women with Tax Justice

In this short clip, Erika Dayle Siu* explains the connection between empowering women and tax justice and how important providing for the common good is to the well-being of women across the globe. She unpacks the major themes in a newly-released book titled, Tax Justice and Global Inequality, which she co-edited with Krishen Mehta and Esther Shubert.

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Seek the Shalom of the City 

Global urbanization is expanding in record speed, a phenomenon that we all witness in awe… The challenges in meeting the needs of the fast-growing urban population are enormous: basic welfare of the inhabitants such as food, shelter, education and health care, employment, community in face of social and ethnic identity crisis, infrastructure, transportation, to name a few…

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BOUND

“Bound” is a three part book arts series by Jessica Chan-Charette meant to engender dialogue about the subtle yet pervasive oppression of women, using the lens of Chinese culture and history. The image of the ideal Chinese woman is one that has shifted throughout time.

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Deborah the Judge and Prophetess

The significance of Deborah in a time when Israel needed leadership cannot be understated. So, what better way to kick off our celebration of Women’s History Month than look at Deborah, the Judge and Prophetess found in the book of Judges….

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Listening to the Narrative of Others

“…Most of the narratives in the places where I live center the experience of white people and white men particularly, because, well, we have been the hunters. I have benefited from this even when I did not desire to do so. So as a person living where the story of “my people” is the dominant narrative, how can I enter into the stories of others and gain a broader perspective?…”

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