Prayer as advocacy: the persistent widow
Ashley Glimasinski Ashley Glimasinski

Prayer as advocacy: the persistent widow

Reflections on Luke 18:1-8

It can be hard to know where to start when we feel the nudge to advocate for justice. How do we find out who to contact? Do we email, call, or show up in person? Will our one voice matter?

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Raising your voice: Advocacy in the book of Esther
Ashley Glimasinski Ashley Glimasinski

Raising your voice: Advocacy in the book of Esther

Reflections on Esther 1-10

Sometimes when we pray for justice for our vulnerable neighbors, God answers our prayers by calling us into action on their behalf. In the story of Esther, we read of an unlikely advocate: a Jewish orphan given a position of privilege who risked everything by speaking up to a powerful king.

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The plant with no garden/The woman with no home
Ashley Glimasinski Ashley Glimasinski

The plant with no garden/The woman with no home

The plant with no garden

Its story began in obscurity. 

A seed buried in darkness so deep that light seemed a far away dream. 

Deep into the damp darkness something began to happen that felt like undoing. 

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