As the great granddaughter of a slave woman who loved God and believed in abundant life for all people, faith and feminism are intertwined for me.
With a mama and play mamas spoon feeding me faith like the grits and gravy I grew up on, I have to preach abundant life for women and girls in particular. God’s nurture is in women’s bodies around kitchen tables. God’s power is in women’s bodies around communion tables.
I thank God for Sarah, Hagar and Rebecca, for Eva, Hilda and Marilyn and their legacy of faith and feminism for my daughter.
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Words: Adriene Thorne
Image: Jim Kast-Keat
Music: Broke For Free