Reflections

Reflections are meditations and stories, often in memoir style, of women's lives as they seek to follow Christ in the academy and professions. Reflections include insights into God's faithfulness to women in the midst of academic and professional life.

Reflections
June 19, 2017
By Heather Walker Peterson
Accepting My Female Body

Heather Walker Peterson examines her journey from shame to acceptance of her embodied, womanly self.

Reflections
April 18, 2017
By Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando
Living Well with Muslim Neighbors

Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando describes her lifelong friendship with a Muslim family and offers some encouragement in developing cross-cultural interfaith friendships of our own.

Reflections
March 28, 2017
By Kristen Padilla
The Mystery of Discernment

Kristen Padilla found herself on a surprisingly long and winding road as she pursued her calling, but God met her in the midst of it.

Reflections
March 01, 2017
By Ann Boyd
Why I Don't Like Lent

Ann Boyd reflects on the complicated relationship she has with Lent and what Jesus has taught her through it.

Reflections
February 02, 2017
By Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando
Searching for Magi in the Academy

Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando considers the connections between the Magis' search for Jesus, the pain of injustice then and now, and links with the modern academy.

Reflections
January 24, 2017
By Ann Boyd
Why I Marched

Ann Boyd reflects on how raising daughters spurred her on to join in the Women’s March on Chicago.

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