Emerging Women

Our quarterly(ish) newsletter just went out highlighting the upcoming series here at Emerging Women. If you are not on our emailing list, but would like to be added, send a request to emergingwomen@gmail.com

Greetings Emerging Women!

I trust this newsletter finds everyone well.  As always this is a busy time of year,  and it has most definitely been an exciting fall for me so far.  I have been a part of the process of re-imagining the future of Emergent Village and am encouraged to see the communal directions we are heading.  I’ve also been busy with release of my book, Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices (and yes, that was a total shameless plug).  This week I am heading to the Twin Cities for Christianity 21 where I’m looking forward to spending time with many of you.  Stay tuned to the Emerging Women blog to hear more about what is happening at this historic event.  And if you are planning on attending and blogging about the event, send us your links so we can share them on the blog.

And speaking of blog posts, I wanted to let everyone know about the upcoming blog series at Emerging Women.

Hope – It can be easy these days to feel overwhelmed by the pressures of the world, the injustices that surround us, or the polarized dialogue that plagues the church.  But as followers of Christ we can find hope in the one who suffered just as we suffered.  So we are looking for the stories of where you find hope around you.  What are the things or people in your life that challenge the darkness and remind you that a better world is possible?  You are invited to share your stories of hope at Emerging Women.  Tell us about that book you read, a mentor in your life, or that conversation with your kids.  Share with us the stories of the people you know seeking justice or who simply bring a smile to your day.  Let’s encourage each other by pointing out the places of hope in this world.

Incarnation – During Advent, we want to post about what the practical implications of incarnation are for our lives.  What does God becoming flesh mean for your faith?  How can we celebrate and be present in incarnation each and every day?  How does Incarnation turn our world upside down?  So you are invited to send in your reflections for Advent to help us all celebrate the Incarnation this season.

As with all of our series you are invited to send in your posts – be they articles, stories, poetry, or art – to emergingwomen@gmail.com or to post your submission on your own blog and send us the link.  We are such a diverse group that we can truly gather a rich variety of perspectives on these topics for these series.  We do request that posts try to stay under 800 words (but they can be much shorter than that as well) and that you please include a short (1-2 sentence) bio that we can include with your post.  The Hope series will run through the new year, but the Incarnation series will be just for the season of Advent.  Feel free to send in your submissions at any point, or sign-up for posting on a date in the future and I can send you a reminder.  And, of course, feel free to send in posts on non-series topics at any time.  This is a great community of thoughtful and artistic women and I enjoy learning from and being encouraged by the posts you send in.

May you all find encouragement today, and I look forward to reading and posting your thoughts on Hope and Incarnation

- Julie Clawson