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At Iron Rose Sister Ministries, we value our mothers—whether a mother by birth, an adoptive mom, foster mom, or a spiritual mother. We all have mothers in our lives and whether or not you have been blessed to be a mom by giving birth, by adopting or fostering a child, we are all called to be a community of mothers in the spiritual sense. Mentoring, discipling, encouraging... Iron Rose Sisters are spiritual moms and we want to honor you!
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 14, and we want to give you a few ideas about how you can honor your mother and bless IRSM at the same time.
• Our Rose Cards are a great way to honor a spiritual mom by making a donation in her honor to support our growing Intern Program. You can mail her one of these cards, which represents a family tree of roses or your relationship as Iron Rose Sisters. These 4x6 cards can be framed, or sent in the mail—either way, you’ll be able to include a personalized, special note.
• Choose Iron Rose Sister Ministries as your charity of choice on Amazon Smile. (This blesses the ministry for purchases beyond Mother’s Day.) Just click on this link and make any future Amazon purchases at smile.amazon.com. A portion of your purchases will go to IRSM at no additional cost to you!
• Purchase an interactive Bible study book and/or an IRSM mug as a gift.
Thank you for your prayerful support of Iron Rose Sister Ministries and for giving us the opportunity to honor a special mom in your life as well.
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I feel a part of multiple communities or cultures. Even though I was not born to a Latina or Spanish-speaking family, I feel very much a part of the Hispanic community and as comfortable in it as I do with my own family.
Sometimes, I spend time with women who are only English-speaking. Today, I will spend time teaching Spanish-speaking women through three classes this afternoon at the Pepperdine Bible Lectures. If you, or a Spanish-speaking person you know, would like to participate in a live version of those classes, you can! Information and a link to the online classroom is available through the Texas International Bible Institute (IBIT in Spanish): http://ibitibi.org/es/las-conferencias-de-pepperdine-2017
And through Iron Rose Sister Ministries, God has given me the opportunity to form bonds between the two communities to which I feel a part. When we conduct a bilingual event, we see Christian sisters who had never before understood things from the perspective of another sister, joining together in worship, study, and prayer. Join us for an event in the Miami area, Saturday, June 3 at West Broward Church of Christ!
Thanks be to God for those opportunities and also the chance I have had to inspire some English-speaking sisters about what they can do to help cross those barriers, as well.
It is a two-way street and we cannot pretend that it depends on the other person to take the first step. Crossing pews and crossing borders is not about the physical barriers, but rather the ones we form by our perceptions and prejudices.
It is easier to point the finger at others as the problem and not see ourselves as part of the solution. What can you do to bring these two communities together as one in Christ?
I shared some specific ideas, solutions, and illustrations through two classes at the Harding Lectureship last year (audio available on our website).