Shalom Sessions

Hey Sistas,

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: I chat with my friends, Amber Hornsby and Rachel Hanus, co-founders of ESTHER homes, a beautiful transition home for single mamas and pregnant women. Y'all, I joined the board of ESTHER as the president last month and I have to tell you God has been leading me to this moment for YEARS. This episode means so much to me because when was 20, I was a junior in college and found myself in an unplanned pregnancy and if it were not for women like my guest today, I would have had an abortion and quite possibly lost my faith.

2: We have a Patreonto help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here.

3:We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is this cool resource I received from my friend, Shannan Martin who was episode #3. She wrote a four day Mother's Day campaign that you can sign up for for FREE and you'll get an email a day for four day. BUT If you're a Patreon, you'll get all four days in one PDF called, "A New Way to Mother's Day" in your feed.

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

Connect with ESTHER HOMES

Website

Facebook

Loving my Sistas in the Messy Middle,

Osheta

Hey Sistas,

Here are a few things you need to know about today's episode:

1: I sit down with my friend Amena Brown today to talk about how she's seeking Shalom in herself. We also talk about taking mission trips to Africa as black girls, beauty standards, and I kissed dating goodbye.

2: We're doing our shalom step of cleaning toilets for people who annoy us... my bathrooms are SPARKLING people.

3: There's a copy of Amena's book, "How to Fix A Broken Record" up for grabs. Just find the podcast on Instagram and TAG three friends who you think would love this episode.

Reminders!

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on "A Wrinkle in Time" it'll show up on Monday.

Links in the episode

http://www.africanewlife.org

Things Bringing Amena Peace

Old School Gospel. Try this playlist on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/user/snoopdogg/playlist/7HB3mjNzVvXjKeiZfIZbqR

Going on Walks

Check out this post about prayer walking with Jesus

http://biblicalspirituality.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Take-a-Prayer-Walk.pdf

Kamasi Washington: Rhythms Changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLz4MyDmuE

Amena's Podcasts

Here for the donuts podcast

How to Fix a Broken Record

Her

Connect with Amena:

Website: http://www.amenabrown.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/amenawrites

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/amenabee

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/menabee

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/amenabee

Connect with Osheta:

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

NEW: Connect with the SHOW

IG: Weareshalomsistas

(I'm *slowly* moving the show images and posting daily about the topic from the show)

May the Force of being your WHOLE SELF be with you SISTA!,

Osheta

Three things you need to know about today's episode:

1: I sit down with my new friend Claire Swinarski, the host of "The Catholic Feminist" to talk about her favorite saints and how they empower her to be a peacemaker. She shares with us what it means to be both Catholic and a Feminist.

2: We do a "say this, not that" about common misconceptions about Catholics and Saints. Then she shares her favorite three: Saint Therese of Liseux, Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, and Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

3: Then we end the show with what is giving us peace right now.

Books we discussed in today's episode

Between the Savior and the Sea

My Sisters the Saints

My Badass Book of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live

Saint Terese of Liseux: the story of a soul

A few important reminders

1: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

2: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on "A Wrinkle in Time" it'll show up on Monday.

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

NEW: Connect with the SHOW

IG: Weareshalomsistas

(I'm moving the show images and posting daily about the topic from the show, here.)

You're a Saint my Peacemaking Sista,

Osheta

Hey Sistas,

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: I answer questions from the "Shalom Sistas" community today:

• Share about supper club?
• What do you say to women who are forced to see and interact with their abuser or their rapist during church? What do you tell a woman who has to walk up to the alter next to a man who would rape her or who beat her because they share a child in common and our current legal system and family court is so incredibly broken that they refuse to protect her? I want to know, because no one will give me an answer.
• How do we respond when looking back at great tragedies that were stopped by war, such as the Holocaust? Can you share some scripture that calls for nonviolence?
• Do I still like the snow?
• What do you mean when you say you are an Anabaptist?

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

Seeking Shalom for a BUSY Weekend,

Osheta

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: Today, my daughter Trinity and I join you for the first episode and snow day edition of Little Sistas.

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: We've decided Oprah's make up is always on point, we wanna root for the underdogs, and snow days are for baking.

Two Important Reminders:

1: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on "A Wrinkle in Time" it'll show up later on today.

2: Sharing the podcast AND leaving a five-star review are the BESY ways to support the show. Plus, it helps our peacemaking tribe grow.

Here's the quick step by step for leaving an iTunes review:

• How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad • Launch Apple's Podcast app.
• Tap the Search tab.
• Enter "Shalom Sistas".
• Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right.
• Tap the album art for the podcast.
• Tap the Reviews tab.
• Tap Write a Review at the bottom.
• Enter your iTunes password to login.
• Tap the Stars to leave a rating.
• Enter title text and content to leave a review.

•Tap Send.

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

Enjoying my snow day with Trinity,

Osheta

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: My guest today is Abby Norman and we have a much needed conversation on peacemaking and mass shootings in our public schools. Abby is Abby Norman is the mother two girls and the former teacher of over 1000 teenagers. A current seminarian and preacher at New Hope United Methodist, the most instagramable church in the world, she thinks a lot about the stories we tell. She is the author of Consent Based Parenting, and a book being shopped about inner city teaching. Find all of her words at abbynorman.net

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: Abby gives us FULL PERMISSION to stop following every shooting when it happens.

One Important Reminders:

2: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on "A Wrinkle in Time" it'll show up on Monday.

Connect with Me at

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

I'm Rooting for You, Sistas!

Osheta

Hey Sistas,

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: Jerusalem Greer and I have a much needed conversation on the difference between routines to get stuff done and rhythms that give us life. We used Matthew 11:28-30 The Message (MSG) as our guide:

"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: We have five questions we consider to create shalom in our schedules:

Is this a stress-inducing routine or a life-giving rhythm?

What will bring me into a resting heartbeat?

What will bring wholeness?

Does this rhythm reflect who God made me to be or who I think I should be?

If someone tries to challenge the decisions I make to support my rhythm, can I advocate for it

If someone tries to challenge the decisions I make to support my rhythm, can I advocate for it

Two Important Reminders:

1: We're going weekly now, so make sure to leave your five star reviews so people can find the podcast every week. My favorite five star review came from Emmalouie21 :

Here's the quick step by step for leaving an iTunes review:

• How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad • Launch Apple's Podcast app.
• Tap the Search tab.
• Enter "Shalom Sistas".
• Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right.
• Tap the album art for the podcast.
• Tap the Reviews tab.
• Tap Write a Review at the bottom.
• Enter your iTunes password to login.
• Tap the Stars to leave a rating.
• Enter title text and content to leave a review.

•Tap Send.

2: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on "A Wrinkle in Time" it'll show up on Monday.

Connect with Jerusalem:

Link to my favorite post on rhythms that Jerusalem wrote "You are a Delight"

Website: http://jerusalemgreer.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemJacksonGreer/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jerusalemgreer/

T: https://twitter.com/JerusalemGreer

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

And for some fun: Come check out Jack the Nudger and Charlie Brown, the pygmy goats in the Facebook Hangout.

Learning the unforced rhythms of grace everyday, Sistas!

Osheta

Hey Sistas,

For those of you who observe, may you have a blessed Good Friday.

Here's a song that is giving me so much to consider about Jesus' death and life today:

"Wounded Healer" by Audrey Assad

https://youtu.be/Ejrg3zXOW-k

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: Cara Meredith and I sat down to talk about "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeline L'engle. We cover everything from our reading experiences as children, what Christian themes we had hoped to see in the movie, and why positive representation matters as we're raising bi-racial children.

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: Cara suggests this book and it is LOVELY:

Good Morning, Superman

Two Important Reminders:

1: We're going weekly now, so make sure to leave your five star reviews so people can find the podcast every week. My favorite five star review came from Emmalouie21 :

Here's the quick step by step for leaving an iTunes review:

How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad

• Launch Apple's Podcast app.
• Tap the Search tab.
• Enter "Shalom Sistas".
• Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right.
• Tap the album art for the podcast.
• Tap the Reviews tab.
• Tap Write a Review at the bottom.
• Enter your iTunes password to login.
• Tap the Stars to leave a rating.
• Enter title text and content to leave a review.
• Tap Send.

2: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor. This week's thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on "A Wrinkle in Time" it'll show up on Monday.

Connect with Cara:

Website: www.carameredith.com

FB: www.facebook.com/carameredithwrites

IG: www.instagram.com/carameredithwrites

T: www.twitter.com/caramac54

Post on Being an inclusion rider: http://carameredith.com/2018/03/12/want-inclusion-rider/

Link to Cara's sermon: http://www.saintandrewsseattle.org/podcast/light-in-the-midst-of-darkness/)

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

Link to Osheta's sermon on being a peculiar person: https://www.facebook.com/rootscov/videos/857005707793406/

Represent for Shalom SIstas!

Osheta

Hey Sistas,

Today, I share all the things she's most excited about the return of the podcast for season 3.

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: I met with the Tuesday morning women's small group at Slate Hill Mennonite church and we talked about my book "Shalom Sistas". They were drinking my lemonade recipe during the call, which made my day.

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: The sound quality is a bit spotty here and there because we were talking over Skype and the phone, but it was still a wonderful conversation. We touch on everything from how to choose which manifesto point to work on, what to do about church conflict, what is our Anabaptist life hacks, and how to intervene when we see conflict out in public.

Two Important Reminders:

1: We're going weekly now, so make sure to leave your five star reviews so people can find the podcast every week. My favorite five star review came from jordynreads:

Here's the quick step by step for leaving an iTunes review:

How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad

• Launch Apple's Podcast app.
• Tap the Search tab.
• Enter "Shalom Sistas".
• Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right.
• Tap the album art for the podcast.
• Tap the Reviews tab.
• Tap Write a Review at the bottom.
• Enter your iTunes password to login.
• Tap the Stars to leave a rating.
• Enter title text and content to leave a review.
• Tap Send.

2: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.

Shalom in the head wobbles,

via GIPHY

Osheta

Hey Sistas,

Today, I share all the things she's most excited about the return of the podcast for season 3.

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

1: We have new music to match our new direction in season 3. It's called "Girl Power" and it. Is. GLORIOUS!

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

3: I get vulnerable about my heartbreak in Los Angeles and how it affected my eating, faith, and identity.

Two Important Reminders:

1: Our beautiful co-hosts: Abby, Jerusalem, and Cara are moving to "Friend of the Show" roles. They'll be showing up every once in a while, but not in an official co-host role. Thank you, Ladies for helping me hopefully resist.

2: We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week. The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.

Shalom and New Beginnings,

Osheta