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Acceptance and Love, Cultivating My Spirit, Faith, Relationship with God, Thanksgiving, women, Wonder
Womanhood: Evidence of God’s Goodness
A Song & Verse Post: Evidence by Josh Baldwin evidence: the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid Every time Evidence comes on in the car I want to pull over and praise God. Today, I came to home to write. All throughout my history Your faithfulness has walked beside me. There is not one period of my life that I cannot identify the presence of God and His work in me. I remember being baptized around the age of six. Though I had no understanding of what that meant at the time, I can literally look back on my life…
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I AM WOMAN: A Book List from the Timeline
421 Years of Black Women Using Their Words This book list is derived from the African American Women Using Our Words Timeline I developed for I AM WOMAN: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America. As with most creative projects, I had no idea where the timeline would lead. This is by no means a full list of creative works or published/recorded documents by Black Women in America. More accurately, it’s a highlight reel of some of the historical works in the public domain. Some of the women were/are prolific writers and have multiple publications which are not listed within my timeline. Begin With A Seed The I AM WOMAN Project…
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Kingdom of Heaven ( ACAD: Revelation 12)
A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth. Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. And…
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I AM WOMAN: A Timeline
African Women In America: Using Our Voices A Timeline: 1500 -2000’s This has been quite an undertaking for I AM WOMAN: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America! At first I assumed there had to be chronologies of African Women in America and our contributions or achievements throughout the centuries. But there really weren’t any. I was able to source a chronology of enslaved African American Women. I was able to locate chronologies of African Americans in general and African American men specifically. But nothing that told a broader history of Black Women in this land. This has consumed a great portion of my development time on the I AM WOMAN…
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Give Yourself Permission to Be Uncertain
This is about fragility, vulnerability, uncertainty, poor decisions and giving yourself permission to do things over when you're in a better mental state.
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Video MR Part 2.2: Rape of Dinah and Fallout
The first recorded discussion was for Part 2: Abraham/Sarah + Hosea/Gomer was about five hours (more segments to come). Somehow we got off the principle couples and dove into Dinah’s story for a good amount of time. It got a bit intense. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. ~ Ecclesiastes 1:9 During my studies, my best understanding has come from placing myself within the stories. Mostly as a witness, simply because I can’t see myself making many of the choices that are made by folks. However, there are times I can place…
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POEM: Elegy: Cousin Tish – Baby Woman Mother
Elegy: Cousin Tish – Baby Woman Mother Playing house is different with baby cousins, lil’ brothers and sisters and the mannish boys in the neighborhood. Who needs a fake baby with real baby cousins in reach? Tish was a chubby, curly-haired infant, rosy-cheeked girly-girl toddler adorable, rambunctious, loved. Rolling over, pushing up learning to walk, run circles around folks from the house and yard to Grandma’s vegetable garden; real life cabbage patch doll blooming up and down the street, burrowing roots, extending networks. Too soon, I was no fun; just a boring old cousin to a womanish girl who preferred smokin’ weed as boys circled and plotted in her haze.…
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Video MR 3.1: Prelude: Womanhood Juxtaposed with The Crown on Netflix
“Who do you think you are? The Queen of England?” Have you ever wondered who Elizabeth II, the Queen of England thinks she is? This first part of our third Marriage & Relationship study discussion explores the roles of women within a discussion of The Crown on Netflix. The last two #Zoom discussions were recorded and I’m working to get them posted to this blog. As I review them for editing, I’m convinced this series should have been titled “Bible Conversations with Friends” or something similar. The faceless voice you hear in this video is my long-time friend, Dorina. When Dorina and I met over thirteen years ago in a…
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Discussion Questions: Marriage & Relationship, Part 2
Naming and Storytelling Of the four stories we’re reviewing (Pt 1: Jacob/Leah/Rachel, Naomi/Ruth/Boaz; Pt 2: Abram/Sarai, Hosea/Gomer): Which two names and meanings resonate with you and why? What does your name mean? What is the root or history of your name? How does your name relate to your overall story? What does your name tell you about yourself? What drives you? Relationships Tell a Story What are the primary and secondary relationships in the four stories and how do they impact or drive the story? What principle [a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief] stands out to you from the stories we’ve read?…
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Virtual Bible Study: Marriage & Relationship
This is a follow-up to You’re Invited: Virtual Bible Study. The first discussion has been scheduled. Yay! It will be a recorded Zoom call on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 9:00am Central Time. The topic is Marriage & Relationship: Modern Concepts vs. Biblical Principles. Text: Book of Ruth: Naomi, Ruth and Boaz Text: Genesis 29-31: Jacob, Rachel and Leah Zoom details: Please note the call will be recorded and shared. Time: Oct 20, 2020 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72581560853?pwd=Vm0yK1p0Yk5rUWIrVEtnbVJ3dklyUT09 Meeting ID: 725 8156 0853 Passcode: CSV2T2
