Marvia Lawes https://marvialawes.com/ Sun, 09 Jul 2023 21:20:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://marvialawes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Copy-of-Logo_Marvia-L-Blog-e1688932900749-150x150.png Marvia Lawes https://marvialawes.com/ 32 32 7359186 Time Come! Pentecost and Spirit’s Warning Wail https://marvialawes.com/time-come-pentecost-spirit-warning/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 03:03:21 +0000 https://marvialawes.com/?p=3914 Time come.Time come. It come. It come. It come. Time Come. Marvia Lawes, Time Come: Spirit’s Warning Wail Pentecost, Sunday, May 31, 2020, was like none that I had ever experienced. The lines above, “Time Come…”, in something of a plaintive wail punctuating the early morning air. It was the chant that took hold of […]

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]]> 3914 Caribbean Women Theologians On the “Church Hoes” Controversy https://marvialawes.com/caribbean-women-theologians-respond-to-controversial-gender-issues/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:51:02 +0000 https://marvialawes.com/?p=3062 Statement From Caribbean Women Theologians for Transformation Christian “Hoes”, take heart! There’s no rest for the wicked weary. And so here we are again, as women, women of faith, drawn out by recent events that have taken such a ludicrous turn that we are forced to enter the public fray on matters from which we […]

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]]> 3062 Black Panther And My Imaginary Repatriation to Wakanda https://marvialawes.com/black-panther-and-my-imaginary-repatriation-to-wakanda/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:15:41 +0000 https://marvialawes.com/?p=2743 Four viewings, so far, and multiple sighs of contentment later, I still have not had enough of the Black Panther movie. I signed the imaginary contract to become a lifelong card-carrying member of the ‘movement’ and am now awaiting my imaginary repatriation papers for Wakanda. Yaahhssss!!! These flights of fancy have become all too common these […]

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]]> 2743 Welcoming 2018: New Year New Possibilities https://marvialawes.com/welcoming-2018-new-year-new-possibilities/ Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:37:27 +0000 https://marvialawes.com/?p=2701 Bring it! Welcome, 2018! It is said that a ‘picture is worth a thousand words’ and this one speaks volumes. This image of a person standing, with arms raised, on a beach facing a massive ‘tidal’ wave was recently posted by a friend on his Instagram page. It resonated with me. Although it appears to […]

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]]> 2701 How A Dying Stranger Helped Me Reaffirm My Faith https://marvialawes.com/how-a-dying-stranger-helped-me-reaffirm-my-faith/ https://marvialawes.com/how-a-dying-stranger-helped-me-reaffirm-my-faith/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:12:33 +0000 https://marvialawes.com/?p=2320 One night I prayed with a dying stranger. This wasn’t the first time I stood alongside someone making a transition from this life to the next. That’s what pastors do. The role of ‘shepherd’ is not limited to those immediately in your care. I doubt I’ll ever get accustomed to it, but being called in the […]

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