Shalom sistas : living wholeheartedly in a brokenhearted world

Shalom sistas Living wholeheartedly in a brokenhearted world

Osheta Moore

Book - 2017

"Shalom, the Hebrew word often translated as "peace," was a far cry from blogger and podcaster Osheta Moore's crazy life. Like a lot of women, she loved God's dream for a world that is whole, vibrant, and flourishing. But honestly: who's got the time? So one night she whispered a dangerous prayer: God, show me the things that make for peace. In Shalom Sistas, Moore shares what she learned when she challenged herself to study peace in the Bible for forty days. Taking readers through the twelve points of the Shalom Sistas' Manifesto, Moore experiments with practices of everyday peacemaking and invites readers to do the same. From dropping "love bombs" on a family vacation, to talking to the coach w...ho called her son the n-word, to spreading shalom with a Swiffer, Moore offers bold steps for crossing lines between black and white, suburban and urban, rich and poor. What if a bunch of Jesus-following women catch a vision of a vibrant, whole, flourishing world? What happens when Shalom Sistas unite?"--Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Christian life.
Christian women > Religious life.
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Peace > Religious aspects > Christianity.
City missions.
Published
Harrisonburg, Virginia : Herald Press [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Osheta Moore (author)
Physical Description
245 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244).
ISBN
9781513801490
  • Foreword
  • Part I. Shalom After the Storm
  • 1. Not Your Typical Peacemaker
  • 2. Forty Days of Peace
  • 3. The Shalom Sista Manifesto
  • Part II. Mom With God
  • 4. Dance, Baby: We Are Invited
  • 5. Woo-Woo Church: We Are Beloved
  • 6. Coffee Shop Alias: We Are Enough
  • Part III. Shalom Within Ourselves
  • 7. This Brown Skin: We Will See the Beauty
  • 8. Treat Yo Self? We Will Rest
  • 9. A Strange Song: We Will Choose Subversive Joy
  • Part IV. Shalom In Our Relationships
  • 10. Carpool Tribute: We Will Tell Better Stories
  • 11. Shalom with a Swiffer: We Will Serve before We Speak
  • 12. Jesus' Party Planners: We Will Build Bridges, Not Walls
  • Part V. Shalom in Our World
  • 13. Love Bombs: We Will Choose Ordinary Acts of Peace
  • 14. Lemonade: We Will Show Up, Say Something, and Be Still
  • 15. Kingdom Strong: We Will Be Peacemakers, Not Peacekeepers
  • Epilogue
  • Shalom Steps
  • Shalom Recipes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • The Author
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Moore, a podcaster and advocate, debuts with a passionate memoir and guidebook to living that is drawn from her experiences as a minister and activist. In 2005 Moore was doing community development work in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina forced her to relocate to New York City. After losing all of her possessions, she had a spiritual reawakening and decided to forge a new identity as a "shalom sista": a peacemaker grounded in love, not fear. For herself and other followers of Christ who seek peace on Earth, Moore presents a 12-part manifesto that advocates choosing subversive joy, serving before speaking, and telling better stories. She explains how to deepen everyday spirituality through stories of her own life as a black minister and podcaster married to a white minister and raising their three children; through revisiting her blogged essays; and through Bible stories applied to contemporary political situations. With sass, common sense, humor, and wisdom, Moore embraces mothering and sistering, provides recipes, and decries racism. Through all these diverse threads, the book doesn't become unwieldy. Fans of Elizabeth Cunningham, Anne Lamott, and Nadia Bolz-Weber will be delighted with this new, exciting voice. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

"I am not your typical peacemaker," admits blogger and podcaster Moore, of Shalom in the City. Unafraid of conflict and open to the dynamics of working in decaying cities, the author, along with her pastor husband and their three eventual children, offers insights into a practical, life-on-the-ground Christianity that is vibrantly infused with creating peace. Moore comes by this honestly, as she herself has experienced abuse, insidious racism, poverty, and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Her sources for inspiration are eclectic and dynamic: Ta-Nehisi Coates as well as Mother Teresa, the Lectio Divina practice of scriptural reading as well as cross-racial praying. The book is arranged thematically around her 12-point Shalom Steps, practical advice for engaging in peace as an organizing principle of life. An interesting addition is a small collection of recipes, which the author says mirror the lives of peacemakers: "We need to find what works for us." VERDICT A practical look at creating peace that starts from within.-SC © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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