Women’s
History Month is a call to open our ears and hear voices that come from diverse
perspectives. Delores Williams is a
Womanist Theologian. She was an African
American who wrote the brilliant book, “Sisters in the Wilderness”. She built on the voices, like Sojourner
Truths famous quote, “Ain’t I a Woman?” and helped to expand our understandings
of faith with her insights. Slowly read
the following two quotes from Williams:
Faith has
taught me to see the miraculous in everyday life: the miracle of ordinary black
women resisting and rising about evil forces in society, where forces work to
destroy and subvert the creative power and energy my mother and grandmother
taught me God gave black women.”
There is
nothing divine in the blood of the cross ... As Christians, Black women cannot
forget the cross, but neither can they glorify it. To do so is to glorify
suffering and to render their exploitation sacred. To do so is to glorify the
sin of defilement ...
What is your
response to these two quotes? What
thoughts are evoked and provoked? Do
they stretch you? Where are you seeing
the miracle of the everyday, especially in the courage and conviction of our
siblings on the margin? How does
Williams’ beautifully unique voice send you in a new direction? I pray you will expand your list of female
voices this month. Read the voice of a
new author, especially one who does NOT share your background. Listen to the podcast of a female who comes
from a different perspective. Women’s
History Month should invite us into a conversation with a multitude of beloved
daughters of God who are still speaking and singing in the spirit of Sophia, or
wisdom in the book of Proverbs. Sophia,
who sings to us, calling us back to God’s way in a time when so many voices
want to pull us to consume and lash out at each other. Stretch yourself today and listen to the
voice of someone unfamiliar as a way for God to get a word in edgewise. Amen.
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