Longing in the Pilgrimage of Promises from 2023-01-01T21:59:06

Rev. Milly Silencio border crossing pilgrimage started when she was 3. Her mom made an audacious decision to cross over from Peru to the US to protect her child. Abraham and Sarah made an audaci...

The Persistent Widow Speaking Truth to Power from 2022-11-14T17:37:15

The Persistent Widow Speaking Truth to Power

What do you imagine the widow to be like? Young? Old? Frail? Bold? In this episode, Bonnie Lin highlights how widows have been an important pa...

Economic Justice from 2022-10-15T16:00:38

What does economic justice look like in ezer communities? How is it described in the bible? Erika Dayle Siu describes it with one word, koinonia. Koinonia is identifying neighbors ...

Hagar - Her Cry in the Wilderness from 2022-09-21T17:00

Hagar, legacy or troublemaker? In the history of storytelling, Hagar has been highlighted as a troublemaker, quarrelsome, home wrecker, and mother of evil. However, upon in-depth study of Hagar’...

Naomi & Ruth: Mentoring, Mourning & Movement from 2022-08-16T22:00:55

The story of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz is not a story about romance, dating or marriage. It is an inspirational story about acknowledging disruptions of life and grieving together the loss, pain and...

Mentoring: A Personal Journey of Decolonization from 2022-07-19T14:24:34

Biblical womanhood as subordinate or inferior is not what we find in the bible. Through a long journey with the women of Exodus these past two years, Drea Hairston now highlights&...

Jethro the Priest: Transformational Discipleship in Individualistic Cultures from 2022-06-17T19:40:52

How does the way we know and understand the attributes of God help us be a community of ezers?  In this podcast, Jessica Brooks introduces us to the Reader-Response Theory reveali...

Reimagining Community Through Mentoring from 2022-05-19T04:32:19

We are in the midst of a community crisis where significant disruptions to our way of doing life together have traumatically impacted on our sense and definition of community. How can mentoring ...

How to Love a Stranger Even in Times of Danger from 2022-04-18T16:43:56

We often live as strangers in these times of growing suspicion of one another and increased fear of risking danger to ourselves. Yet, what does God have to say about this? How can we be more mi...

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The Power of Personal Agency from 2022-03-22T22:00

Bottoms Up! God does not operate in a top-down down institution of justice, but bottom-up. His justice comes through His mercy, love, and righteousness. Rev. Ajung Sojwal takes us to the pu...

Paul and His Friends from 2022-02-15T15:04:32

Some people say, “Jesus I like, Paul not so much.”  Paul is much misunderstood when it comes to his theology about women. Lisa Mathews gives us an inside look at Paul’s relationship with hi...

Esther - Empowered by Her Ezer Community from 2022-01-18T21:19:27

How did Esther come to be a significant biblical historic leader of the Jews? What was it that transformed an orphaned girl to become a woman of courage and rescued a nation from being wiped out...

Mary: Birth on a Battlefield from 2021-12-16T22:00

Cindy Comiso gives a rich wrap up of our Exploration of Ezer series highlighting ezers as a warrior in the battlefield rescuing and delivering victory to people in need. Mary lives out the ezer ...

Women of Uncertainty from 2021-11-19T02:00

Uncertainty has become a constant companion in our daily journey. What can the experiences of Abigail, the Syrophoenician/Canaanite woman, and the Captive Little Maid offer us in times of uncert...

Lydia: the Power of Choice from 2021-10-15T13:00

Within 4 verses, Rachelle Verdier unfolds a multi-dimensional portrait of Lydia with life and color. How did Lydia, a Greek Jewish woman become a game changer? Rachelle points out that “the aver...

Reclaiming Rahab from 2021-09-17T21:00

Listen to the untold story of Rahab and her enduring faith. What did her relationship with God look like? How did Rahab, a woman who only heard about God from afar, come to participate in a pers...

Partnership Across the River: Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter from 2021-08-18T17:00

Pastor Drea Hairston takes the term ezer out of the confinement of the patriarchal definition and leads us to a deeper dive into the biblical context of the term. Ezer was not designed by God as...

Single Hearted Devotion from 2021-07-15T19:17:28

The story of Anna's prophetic witness is often told alongside Simeon's in the temple. Similar to a piece of classical music, Victoria Chiu tells the story of Anna's personhood, single-hearted de...

Justice of Jubilee from 2021-06-17T22:00

The concept of jubilee stirs promise, hope, and relief. As we re-engage in this season, how has the pandemic prepared us to re-enter the world with God’s vision of Jubilee? Krystin Bruan invites...

Song of Songs: The Female Body - Desired of God from 2021-05-18T17:36:14

Rev. Ajung Sojwal’s approach to Song of Songs challenges the common notion that the physical is somehow inferior to the spiritual. This cultural mindset has led to the objectifying and controlli...

Always Winter, Never Christmas: The Story of the Samaritan Woman at the Well from 2021-04-16T23:03:40

Jesus' meeting with the woman at the well takes place in the long winter season of not just her personal life, but in Jewish history. Rev. Jasmine Flores provides historical, cultural, and spiri...

To Give and Sustain Life from 2021-03-18T04:00

We often hear masculine metaphors to describe God. In her teaching, Dr. Amy Davis Abdallah shows us throughout the Bible there are many seldomly used metaphors highlighting the role of...

The Notorious DOZ from 2021-02-16T04:00

What can we learn about being Ezers from 5 sisters born in a time where women were seen as property rather than having the right to own property? This month, Bruce Feffer leads us into the story...

When the World was a Garden from 2021-01-21T04:00

'Ezer' was ascribed to the first woman of the earth by God. In doing so he doesn't limit her to only have babies and be a proud supporter of her husband on the sidelines. God himself has been re...

Empathetic Beyond Embarrassment from 2020-12-16T22:05:22

Elizabeth endured years of shame and embarrassment because she was labeled barren in a society that counted children as rewards for righteousness. Despite this, Amy Fortunato shows us how E...

Shining From the Inside Out: Leadership Lessons from Ruth from 2020-11-19T04:00

Ruth is one of only two women with a book in the Bible named after her and one of only four women who have the distinction of being named in Jesus’ genealogy. Author and speaker, Nancy Gavi...

Resourceful: Tapping into His Provision from 2020-10-19T23:27:57

Jesus Feeding the Five Thousand (Mark 6:33-44) is both miraculous and mysterious. It's not difficult for us to see the multitude of needs around us, but Pastor Cathy Bruce encourages us to ...

Huldah: Integrity & Speaking Truth to Power from 2020-09-25T19:56:51

A contemporary of Jeremiah, Zephaniah and Habakkuk, Huldah was a prophetess, scribe, teacher, intellectual, and wife powerfully used by God to change a nation. What is it that sets Huldah apart ...

Shiphrah & Puah: Midwives of Justice from 2020-07-30T04:24:47

Shiphrah and Puah are the first two women named in the very beginning of Exodus, yet their significant role as deliverers in this Book of Deliverance is often overlooked. It was their act o...

Visionary for Transformation from 2020-07-15T17:00

The parables of the mustard seed and the leaven (Matthew 13:31-33) are two of the shortest Jesus tells in Scripture. Rev. Ajung Sojwal explores how these two illustrations are used by Jesus to d...

The Woman with the Issue of Blood: Perfect Image of Creativity and Faith from 2020-07-15T17:00

The story of the woman with the issue of blood is often told to inspire perseverance and hope for healing. Pastor Helen Cummings-Henry challenged us to contend with fear by creatively exercising...

Esther: A Woman's Obedience Liberated and Preserved Generations from 2020-07-15T17:00

Queen Esther is known for her beauty and courage, but what leadership qualities allowed her to be used by God 'for such a time as this'? Minister Favour Ikome highlights how honor and obedience ...

Collaboration: A Partnership Between 2 Women and a Man from 2020-07-15T16:00

The difference in faith exhibited by Deborah as a judge, prophet and commander-in-chief compared to Barak's as a general of Israel's armies can cause tension between men and women in leadership....

Tamar & Judah: Humility and Grace from 2020-06-11T03:08:21

Tamar is one of three women named in the genealogy of Jesus. Her role is often downplayed or even scandalized, yet the Bible records Judah saying, 'She is more righteous than I...' (Genesis...

Priscilla & Aquila: Redemptive Power Couple from 2020-06-11T02:52:50

Priscilla & Aquila ministered alongside Paul in different cities, helping plant churches and make disciples: most notably, Apollos. WOW! board chair, Krystin Bruan, shows us how, together, t...