S Oliver
Finding Your Voice: What Does That Even Mean?
“Finding your voice” is simply learning to express yourself with confidence. It is deliberately putting thoughts into words even in...
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S Oliver
- Mar 9, 2021
- 4 min
What Happens When Women Unite?
In celebration of Women's History Month and International, I am posting an excerpt from my book, The Pearl of God's Eye. The story of...
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S Oliver
- Jan 26, 2021
- 4 min
Decisions. Decisions. How to make 'em.
3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die?4 If we...
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S Oliver
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
How to Fight Your Battles and Win
Happy New Year! Twenty twenty-one promises to be an exciting year. I am looking forward to every good thing God has for me and for you! I...
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S Oliver
- Dec 6, 2020
- 4 min
Greater Works
This one is for you, Vena… I have always been intrigued by social media and what people post. From the sublime to the ridiculous, I find...
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S Oliver
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Pivoting Jesus Style
Pivoting Jesus Style I woke up this morning with a very vivid image on my mind. So vivid, I immediately searched for the scripture...
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S Oliver
- Nov 2, 2020
- 4 min
Standing on Shaky Ground
Are you feeling a bit out of control? Like the world is shaking right beneath your feet and you’re not sure you’ve got what it takes to...
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S Oliver
- Oct 16, 2020
- 1 min
Still a Silent Cry
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If it were a disease, it would be consider a pandemic! Let that sink in. Women all over the...
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S Oliver
- Sep 16, 2020
- 5 min
The Pain, the Promise, and the Panther
6 And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ...
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S Oliver
- Aug 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Pandemic, the Pain and the Promise
It is no secret that I have found some of this time in the pandemic challenging to say the least. Add to it the racial strife, political...
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S Oliver
- Aug 2, 2020
- 4 min
Hey Brother: How to Practice Gender Equity in Church
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus....
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S Oliver
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
Why Pray? The 21 Day Prayer Challenge
As a youth minister many years ago, I decided to teach a group of 12 to 14-year-olds about prayer. As is a habit of mine, I began the...
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S Oliver
- Jul 1, 2020
- 5 min
The Healing Power of Lament
In the aftermath of the deaths of Ahmad Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, I finally gave myself permission to become conscious of...
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S Oliver
- Jun 15, 2020
- 3 min
Who Will Weep for Us?
At the thought of George Floyd, I wept. Then I remembered Trayvon, Eric, Ahmad, Amadou and Tamir in random order. I remembered others who...
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S Oliver
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
Unchurched and Unchained
My struggle with church began years ago. Somehow, I was always able to quell the quaking in my soul by staying in my comfort zone. I...
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S Oliver
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
Refreshing My Soul in Chaos
I know I skipped another month again. See, what had happened was… the Coronavirus. No seriously! It took a minute to get over this...
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S Oliver
- Mar 14, 2020
- 4 min
Steel Magnolias, Fire and Ice
I missed an opportunity to shout out black folks for being fabulous in February but, it’s okay. After all, we are fabulous and magical...
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S Oliver
- Jan 15, 2020
- 3 min
Not For Sale!
Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! I’m sure you’ve got 20/20 vision and have set some awesome goals. Follow your heart, my friend....
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S Oliver
- Dec 18, 2019
- 4 min
Finding God in the Ordinary
I often spend the Advent season reflecting on what it might have been like anticipating the birth of Christ, the Messiah, the Savior.
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S Oliver
- Nov 7, 2019
- 4 min
The Hunger for Authenticity
In a world of where fake news has become the norm and people show only their best faces on social media, I hunger for authenticity. Even...
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The Opined Outlier
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