The Fire for Justice: Your Turn

This Week on Mothering Spirit

Stina’s essay shares the experience of reading Micah as a mother while the world burns.

Rakhi’s prayer asks for mercy, hope, and light in the darkness.

Resources to keep reflecting

Rakhi’s shop Rakstar Designs offers a print of Micah 6:8 to support the Equal Justice Initiative founded by Bryan Stevenson.

For more of Stina’s writing, read her essays on Scripture images of God as a laboring mother.

Want to pray with Scripture—with your family? Here’s an easy way to start: How to pray lectio divina with kids.

This week’s essay mentions the Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name. 

From the Mothering Spirit archives on motherhood and mercy: 40 weeks.

This Week’s Question for Readers

How has parenting lit a fire in you to work for justice?

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