Dear woman in the field,

I know there are days you wake up wishing things were different.

I know there are days you feel like giving up.

I know there are days you lie wide awake with mountains of stress and anxiety looming over you.

I know there are days you cry in the nooks of your homes, cars, workspaces, public bathrooms, and any place you can find to release the heaviness in your hearts.

But, I write to you to remind you that your God hears your cries and prayers – He sees you in these intimate moments and is with you.

TheologyShanik RamirezAugust 31, 2022Comment

No Matter How Far I Fall, He Will Always Catch Me

Two months ago, my life was playing out like a movie. Then two months later, the plot drastically changed. In essence, I feel like I am falling - my future was laid out before me, then the rug was pulled from under me and my plans were snatched.

TheologyMary Hannah ThomasAugust 29, 2022Comment

Journey with Jesus Part 4

What is it to love? It's to surrender everything I think about a person, and to lean in and pray, "Lord, teach me to love them as you do". There is no checklist. It's different for each person we relate to. It's a matter of growing to learn to love. Beginning to see the person through the eyes of the Creator.

TheologyAlison WhiteAugust 24, 2022love, love your enemies, agape, philio, friendship, sisterhoodComment

Words to the Wise: A Song of Delight

One of the most underutilized descriptions of Jesus in the American church today is that of Jesus as the truth, I think. We tend to focus on Jesus as the only way to God, and as the Life, considering how Jesus has given us abundant life. Whether it is out of ignorance or willful blindness, I cannot say. But being that truth is connected to love, such that love rejoices in the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6), we must consider this relationship and see what it reveals about the love of God.

TheologyOzi OjukwuAugust 19, 2022Comment

Words to the Wise: His Faithfulness is His Love

There's a certain beauty in God's love, which I, yes, do love. Consider the picture of marriage, which is the physical counterpart of the relationship God has with His bride, the church.

TheologyOzi OjukwuAugust 4, 2022 Comment

Words to the Wise: Your Advocate Defends You

Imagine yourself in a courtroom where you are being judged – perhaps by God (yes, I am aware that no one has seen God at any time; just imagine the context of the scene). You know that you are guilty of disobeying the law – again. You know there is no hope for you, and shame and fear fill your insides as you contemplate the just punishment that awaits. Maybe this is something you know is wrong, but keep doing despite your desire to do the right thing (Romans 7:15-17).

TheologyOzi OjukwuJuly 7, 2022theology thursday, theology, defense, sister, GodComment

Words to the Wise: Grafted In

In Acts 8:26-40, we see that an angel of the Lord told Philip to go south along the road that went from Jerusalem to Gaza, to a deserted place. Philip obeys and encounters a prestigious Ethiopian official, a eunuch who had charged all over the Kandake’s (Candace in Latin) treasury and was returning to Jerusalem. Ethiopian doesn’t necessarily refer to the modern country of Ethiopia; the Greeks used the term to refer to all of Africa south of Egypt (likely similar to Sub-Saharan Africa today). In this case, this eunuch came from the kingdom of Kush - we know that from the word Candace, transliterated from the title Kandake, which the Kushites used as their term for the queen.

TheologyOzi OjukwuJune 30, 2022theology thursdays, eunuch, baptism, salvation, family of GodComment

Trust in the Lord

Do you trust God? He is the ultimate definition of trust. We can count on Him, even when we cannot rely on others. But like anything else, even trusting in God in certain situations is much easier said than done.

Discipleship, TheologyWhitney MalloyJune 24, 2022trust, theology, discipleship, stepforwardComment

Words to the Wise: Seeker & Savior of the Lost

John 4 tells us that Jesus had to go through Samaria to get to Galilee from Judea. When you consider the subtext, that fact shines brilliantly with beauty. Jesus, as a Jew, would have been perfectly justified in not going to Samaria. The Jews hated Samarians, who believed only in the first five books of the Old Testament and were considered (prejudicially) half-breeds, being Jewish and Gentile. The Samaritans, too, hated Jews.

TheologyOzi OjukwuJune 23, 2022samaritan woman, seeker, savior, rescue, restoration, theologythursdaComment

Words to the Wise: Arise

It takes great love to heal and die for sinners. But Jesus did it, and He did it because He is love. His love is kind, protective, and hopeful- it has a desired and accomplished end. And that, my sisters, is good news.

Family, TheologyAlycia JohnsonJune 16, 2022theology thursday, arise, jairus, daughter, faithComment

Words to the Wise: Mosaic and Kintsugi

Just as this woman saw her daughter restored to wholeness, dare to believe that God cares for you and will help you - because He is love and loves us - when You need Him.

TheologyOzi OjukwuJune 9, 2022mosaic, kintsugi, syrophoenician woman, demonsComment

Words to the Wise: He Calls You Daughter

At its simplest level, being a daughter means belonging to a family - a girl or woman in relation to her parents. However, connotatively, being a daughter means not only belonging to someone, either by nature or adoption but being accepted. Beloved, not for what you’ve done, but simply for who you are.

TheologyOzi OjukwuJune 2, 2022theology thursday, woman with issue of blood, healing, faithComment

When Your Life is at an Impasse

While waiting for your breakthrough, when you know you cannot make progress by yourself when you desperately need God to change things around you; what do you do in the meantime? We often find ourselves complaining and murmuring, fixing our eyes on the situation instead of God’s faithfulness.

TheologyEvelyn ManichristyMay 26, 2022impasse, impossible, theology thursdays, testimony, COVID-19Comment

Journeying With Jesus: Who God Is Part 1

A few years ago, I jumped on a plane, settled in, got comfortable, enjoyed the inflight snack and savoured the time to read whatever good book was in my hands at the time. Then came the announcement from the flight-crew, “We’re approaching Destination X and will soon begin our descent. Please return to your seats, fasten your seatbelts…’

TheologyAlison WhiteMay 24, 2022journeying with Jesus, Jesus, theology, God, characteristics of GodComment

How Jesus Calms Our Storms

In three out of the four gospels - Matthew, Mark, and Luke - we read about Jesus sending the disciples onto a boat into the Sea of Galilee, only for an unforeseen storm to head their way. Despite Jesus being near them, fear overpowered the disciples to the point they believed they would die. (Luke 8:24)

TheologyShanik RamirezMay 17, 2022storms, peace, chaos Comment

Theology with Ozi: The Rescuer

I love the New Testament. That’s cool, but we’re studying yet another Old Testament text, Ozi, you might be thinking. Hear me out. 2 Corinthians 1:20 says that all of God’s promises in Christ are yes and amen - yes and indeed, essentially. These two texts contain a total of five promises.

TheologyOzi OjukwuMay 12, 2022the rescuer, isaiah, protector, promises of GodComment

How Do I Know the Voice of God?

My story is a little different. When I woke up the other day, it was stormy, full-on thundering, lightning, pouring down rain, and the house was shaking from the thunder. When I went to make my coffee, the whole house was dark. It was not the kind of day where I woke up ready to start the day; granted, I rarely wake up in that manner anyway.

TheologyAndrea BuieMay 11, 2022theology, hearing God's voice, John 10, listeningComment

Theology With Ozi: The Bridegroom & the Bride

Song of Solomon is correctly read as a book about the romantic love a husband and a wife have toward each other in marriage. However, being that the Bible is the book about Jesus (Luke 24:44-45), I want to read this verse in a Christocentric way. When we do so, we find that it is a beautifully redemptive one.

Singleness, Relationships, TheologyOzi OjukwuMay 5, 2022Theology Thursdays, theology, song of solomon, marriage, singlenessComment

Book Review: The 50 Final Events in World History

True confession: I’m not a fan of the book of Revelations. EACH book of the Bible is vital and important, but I’ve never really been into the book of revelations. I can explain why though. In the Bible, it talks about different spiritual gifts. If you get to know me in person, you can tell pretty quickly that I am passionate about both evangelism and discipleship. This keeps me centered on the here and now. Therefore, my mindset tends to be in the present because I already know about Revelation and want people to be rescued by Jesus before that chapter.

TheologyAlycia JohnsonMay 4, 202250finaleventsinworldhistory, book reviews, Revelations, Bible studyComment

The One My Soul Loves

“Because your love is better than life, my lips shall praise you.”-Psalm 63:3

TheologyOzi OjukwuApril 28, 2022Comment