Inspirations Blog
A multimedia collection of stories, learnings, reflections, and resources from the people and ministries of Juniper Formation.
For Sunday: Abortion Rights & The Church
Our progressive Christian silence is certain violence for the people whom we say we love. The people we venerate on Mother’s Day, the people who were given the divine gift of creating life, the people who risk their lives in pregnancy and labor, the people who are reduced to no more than earthen vessels, when our bodies, heart, and soul are the potters.
The Lingering Implications of Christ's Birth: A Christmas Day Reflection
Our Christmas day reflection is offered by Minister Javon Bracy, Juniper Formation Leadership Team and Spiritual Well Ministry Team member. Minister Bracy reflects on the lingering implications of Christ's birth.
We're Trying to Have a Baby
We are trying to have a baby, and I need your help to protect my rights, my health, and my life. I invite you to vote “No” on Colorado Proposition 115, the 22-Week Abortion Ban Initiative, and on any other abortion bans across the country.
Jesus was capital "P" Political
The most Political aspect of Jesus' life and ministry is that people followed him in large numbers. The development of a powerful discipleship threatened the status quo.
Sermon: Abiding in the Creator's Womb, Part 1
“Regardless of the Christian Church’s theological meaning making of this particular claim Jesus makes [that “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life”], this passage still remains viscerally…unappetizing.But haven’t we have all had this kind of visceral experience: in our mother’s womb.”Reflections on John 6:51-58 and Dr. Astrid Lobo Garjiwala’s essay, “The Passion of the Womb: Women Re-Living the Eucharist,” published in the book, The Strength of Her Witness: Jesus Christ in the Global Voices of Women, edited by Elizabeth A. Johnson.