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Rediscover Jesus: Radical For Sisters

March 13, 2022 • Pastor Tammy Long • Mark 5:21–34

"When all the voices of God’s creation are not represented or respected, when all voices are not allowed to speak or even invited to the table to participate, the result is a top-sided, broken world that is missing the richness God intends for all. Every voice matters; every person matters; every story matters. We have trouble fully embracing that truth. We need special months to help us recognize, remember, and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of all voices. Special celebration and appreciation months like Black History Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Indegenous People Month, and the current March month of Women’s History Month remind us how far we have yet to go in fighting the blaring and broken inequities we are still fighting today. Despite the progress over the years in gender equality, a wide gap of disparities in gender equality still exists today. Around the world, due to uneven access to education, 2/3rds of illiterate people are women. In the US, working women still make only 79% of what their male counterparts earn, and men make more than women in every US industry. The gap is worse for women of color where racism is a known linked factor, with poverty hitting women of color particularly hard. Women are still fighting a mindset that is contrary to the vision God had in creating women. To be more like Jesus, we will Rediscover Jesus’ way of being Radical for Women..."