12
Mar
Provocative and Prophetic: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
by Jenn Smith Chen
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Before the #metoo or #churchtoo movement, there was Juana. Juana was born in controversy, and it followed her all her life. She came into this...
05
Mar
Sisters Until the End
by Jenn Smith Chen
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Quickly I flipped through my book, searching with purpose. Page after page after page I turned, my eyes desperate to see something familiar. I closed...
27
Feb
Learning From the Messed Up Ones
by Jenn Smith Chen
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I remember the soft felt of the brilliant green storyboard, the smell of dusty papers in the shape of people, animals, rivers, caves, and my...
20
Feb
Crossing the Line with Jesus
by Jenn Smith Chen
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Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” […] The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a...
13
Feb
Attacking the Image of God: Racism
by Jenn Smith Chen
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“So my mom and I are light [skinned], but my dad and brother and sister are dark. My sister said I should use it to...
06
Feb
Unseen and Under Loved
by Jenn Smith Chen
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She often was overlooked. People, sensing a disability that they couldn’t quite place, weren’t sure how to engage in conversation with her. The most comfortable...
30
Jan
Relationship with the World 2020
by Jenn Smith Chen
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You are a chosen people…that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9...
23
Jan
Relationships with Christ-Followers 2020
by Jenn Smith Chen
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“Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble” 1 John 2:10 (NIV)....
16
Jan
Relationship with God in 2020
by Jenn Smith Chen
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“Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you” Psalm 9:10 (NIV). In various verses throughout...
09
Jan
Paths Straight in 2020
by Jenn Smith Chen
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I used to memorize Scripture in Sunday school for stickers (and, let’s be real, for also the bragging rights for said stickers). I don’t remember...