All Posts

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, a time when headlines and press conferences often drown out the voices of those most affected.

He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.  - (Luke 1:53) Advent is often framed as quiet anticipation - candles, carols, a gentle countdown to something holy. But scripture tells a different story. Advent is not passive. It is not polite. It is not silent. Advent is what happens when people prepare for transformation while still trapped inside systems that were never built for their survival. The women of scripture did not wait in comfort. Ma

Before Mary ever sang her song of defiance, a woman named Hagar cried out in the wilderness. Long before Elizabeth rejoiced over a long-awaited child, Hagar wept over one she feared would die.

Some prophets shouted from mountaintops. Anna prayed in the shadows.

Some stories are loud and fast  -  miracles in motion, angels and announcements.

If you grew up in church, you probably met Mary as a porcelain figure in a nativity scene - head bowed, hands folded, bathed in blue light and docile silence. But that sanitized version leaves out the real scandal of her story.

For more than two decades, December 17 has stood as a beacon of remembrance and resistance - the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

As we come to the eve of December 17, this day of remembrance, we hold space not only for grief but also for vision.

December 17 is a day of remembrance - but it has always been more than mourning.