Dec 11, 2017 | Author - Jessica Williams
A poem for the second week of Advent. A poem for Love. Last night I lit a candle and watched it burn for Love in the windowsill. It burned while sirens screamed on Main Street in my town –a violent sound. It burned while pastors prayed for weak...
Dec 3, 2017 | Author - Jessica Williams
A Desperate Dark (A poem for the first Sunday of Advent. A poem for hope.) It’s a desperate dark that pulled us here, we’ve been heaved ashore crawling, cold and choking, on salt, and sand, and water. It’s a desperate dark that drew us here, swimming toward a...
Nov 28, 2017 | Author - Jessica Williams
There is a heaviness within me as I approach this paper that is difficult to fully express. The current cultural landscape is loud. Many groups that have been systemically marginalized are crying out for allies and rallying for long awaited justice.[1] Power struggles...
Sep 28, 2017 | Author - Jessica Williams
Confession’s Crown When you spoke of self-love I did not know what it meant. I’d caught only glimpses of this— and I’d resist. But a light had shimmered across the surface of my heart… Revealing that Love was real. It sparkled so beautifully— I longed...
May 16, 2017 | Author - Jessica Williams
JESSICA WILLIAMS is a poet and qualified birth doula (@villarosainc / @birthrootsdoula) based in Winnipeg. She is also a graduate student in theology at St Stephen's University in New Brunswick. She gave this message at the Winnipeg Centre Vineyard....
Mar 26, 2017 | Author - Jessica Williams
When Jesus came into the world he came as God in skin. He came human. Like you and like me. When Jesus came into the world he came as a baby birthed and then placed on the chest of a woman. Let’s contemplate the gift of a baby-Jesus. When Jesus came...
