Recently, something I’ve heard or read rolls around in my head and body; it feels like the Spirit is prodding or poking me: gently and persistently. Last week I participated in the Evolving Faith conference www.evolvingfaith.com where I heard powerful speakers and a modeling of faith that woke up something new in me. The Evolving Faith home page greets us:

“Welcome home, questioner and doubter. Question-asker, status-quo upender, church kid, Bible nerd, rebel, yes, you. You wonderer, spiritual refugee, weary one, idealistic cynic and disappointed disciple.“

The Spirit has been busy, amplifying, emphasizing, stirring, OK… poking me toward some kind of action/response. As I write this, my inner critic is saying, “Well, duh, Susan.” Getting going on this blog was from one of Her pokes. Each week, I will be sharing a gem from speakers, readings, discussions, reflections that have been prodding me.

-Alma Zaragoza Petty, @thedoczp, author of “Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing & Justice”

“Being a fearless Chingona is knowing your story, to break cycles of intergenerational trauma and to own our own epistomologies.

We can take all the space we deserve to heal and love one another”