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Shalom Sessions

A podcast for peacemakers. Every week Osheta Moore and a small group discuss our journey to becoming anti-racism peacemakers and the Beloved Community right where we are.
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Apr 10, 2020

Hey Friends,

Here are the seven last words of Jesus we discuss today.

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Truly, I say unto you, today you will be with me in paradise.

Woman, behold thy son. (Says to disciple) Behold thy mother.

My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?

I thirst.

It is finished.

Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.

 

Big thank you to OK Factor for use of their song, Uncharted. Go grab it on Bandcamp.

https://theokfactor.bandcamp.com

It's Gorgeous.

Jan 15, 2020

Hey Y’all

 

This is a fun conversation but we talk about a few grown up things, so listen with little peacemakers at your distraction.

 

Check out Dr. Joy’s podcast, “Therapy for Black Girls”.

LEARN from Dr. Christena Cleveland 

We’re reading these books
“Inspired” by Rachel Held Evans

“Murder in G Major”

“Shameless”  Nadia Bolz Weber

“Scouting the Divine”

 

Our Hype Song/ Benediction is “Come Alive” from the Greatest Showman

 

Your shalom Steps are to listen to Dr. Joy’s podcast and share with us which of her 20 questions for 2020 you’re working on.

 

Dec 29, 2019

Hey peacemakers,

 

On today’s podcast…

 

I talk about my book, ‘Shalom Sistas” Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World”… you can buy it here

https://www.amazon.com/Shalom-Sistas-Living-Wholeheartedly-Brokenhearted/dp/151380149X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

 

I introduce a new podcast name and the podcast art was created by Julie at Soulelevationquotes… here Etsy store is here

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/1774390085

 

 

I talk about Elliot’s and Harmony’s podcast, ‘Growing up Together”… you can listen to it here

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-up-together/id1465847736

 

I tell y’all about my goal in January— we’re putting together a “Wholehearted Vision Board”… check out the Pintrest board in process here

https://pin.it/bqk2hn6ycegirn

 

I talk about a book I lurve, lurve, called, “Living Towards a Vision” by Walter Bruggemann… you can buy that here.

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Toward-Vision-Biblical-Reflections/dp/082980613X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=living+toward+a+vision&qid=1577637641&sr=8-2

 

 

I talk about my friend Rachel Held Evans and how much I miss her… this interview on “The Daily”  about her is a tear-jerker and beautiful

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000460645661

 

 

Here are your shalom steps

1: Subscribe to the podcast

 

2: Let me know you’re listenin g

leave a review in iTunes

join the shalom y’all hangout

email at shalompodcast@gmail.com

follow on me Instagram

 

3: In February, consider giving to the podcast through Patreon

See you Wednesday when I talk about my Top9 Pictures from Instagram and how they were some of my most important practice of shalom in 2019.

Peace and hair grease,

Osheta

 

Sep 2, 2019

Hey Sistas,

 

This month, we're practicing back to school shalom with these TEN Shalom Steps. 

Shalom Steps This Month

1; Listen to the “How to Show Up” episode on The Nod 

2: Try out a mediation from The Shine App 

3: Listen to the Shalom in the Home episode with Jerusalem Greerfor tips to make your home cozy

4:  Throw a GIF Party for a friend who is anxious about Back to School

 

5: Start your morning off reading the Lord’s Prayer. 

6: Check out my sermon, “On Earth As It Is In Heaven” for insight as to why the Lord’s Prayer is SO HELPFUL in building our shalom practices

7: Send a getting to know you email to your Child’s teacher, mentor, coach or pastor

8: If you’re feeling generous, buy and print a “getting to know you” form from ETSY. This is my favorite one

 

9:Write back to school Benediction for your kids:  

a: See them

b: Look for good and potential in them

c: Bless them to live into it

d DON’T GIVE UP on your benedictions

 

10: Check out our Spotify playlist for peacemakers this month

Make sure you're in our Facebook hangout where were touching base on our ten shalom steps this month.

 

If you love the podcast, please support it by sharing it with your friends or becoming a Patreon supporter!

https://www.patreon.com/WeAreShalomSistas

 

Love you Sistas,

Osheta

 

 

Apr 5, 2019

Cara and I sit down and talk about being in interracial relationships,. then my husband, T.C. and I offer some advice on how to seek shalom in our marriages when race comes up.

I hope you like the show.

Links from the episode:

Cara's book, "The Color of Life"

Get to know Cara

ESTHER Homes #Shesgoingplace

Patreon shout-out...

Thank you, Jill Hanus. 

Become a Patreon supporter 

With all my love,

Osheta

Mar 18, 2019

Cara and I sit down and talk about being empathic listeners. I hope you like the show.

Links from the episode:

White Ally Toolkit

Cara's book, "The Color of Life"

Get to know Cara

Interracial Couples (married or dating) what questions do you have- T.C. and I will tackle them in next week's episode

Patreon shout-out...

Thank you, Lauren L. 

Become a Patreon supporter 

With all my love,

Osheta

Nov 22, 2018

Hey Sistas,

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Here are five things that I'm choosing to help me be a peacemaker today:

 

1: Remember small ordinary acts of peace

2: This Responsive Reading From the African American Heritage Hymnal

 

3: Twain's Feast from Audible

4: Simple Gifts By Yo Yo Ma  and NPR's Time Desk on Yo Yo Ma

 

5: From the Top NPR 

 

Thank you so much Sistas, Patreon Supporters, and Guests.  2018 has been an amazing year!

 

Love,

Osheta

 

Nov 21, 2018

Hey Sistas,

 

Today's guest is Shelley Jones!

 

Shelley Jones is the founder of dignify, an online boutique that sells handmade blankets that are made by women who are survivors of exploitation in Bangladesh. She is a wife, a mom, and a creative who is using what she has to work out shalom in her business, in the way she shops, and in the [online] world.

 

Today we talk about:

How she kinda tumbled into founding a fair trade company

How she loves to connect the stories of the women who shop Dignify to the women who make the blankets

How she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES Father Greg Boyle from Homeboy Industries 

How she uses what she has in her hands right now to be a peacemaker.

 

Shelley gave us a code for free shipping when we visit her site:

https://www.shopdignify.com/pages/about-dignify

Use the code: SHALOM 

through Nov. 26th for free shipping

 

Our Shalom Steps are:

1: Slow Down/ Calm Down

2: Make a List and start small

3: Shop Fair trade for women who cannot afford it for themselves

 

Shelley is a compelling and fun writer. Here are my favorite posts from the "Shop Good" blog.

 

SHOULD I CANCEL NETFLIX? OUR LIFE POST- NETFLIX BREAKUP

https://www.shopdignify.com/blogs/shopgoodblog/should-i-cancel-netflix-our-life-post-netflix-break-up

 

WE DON'T HIRE WOMEN TO MAKE BLANKETS. WE MAKE BLANKETS TO HIRE WOMEN.

https://www.shopdignify.com/blogs/shopgoodblog/we-dont-hire-women-to-make-blankets-we-make-blankets-to-hire-women

 

WHEN THINGS BREAK... SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS THAT ARE SUPER LAME

https://www.shopdignify.com/blogs/shopgoodblog/when-things-break

See you tomorrow with a Thanksgiving Themed Episode!

 

Osheta

 

 

Oct 9, 2018

Today, our favorite little sista and her best friend had a sleepover and they wrote a friendship promise to get through Middle School.

 

Enjoy friends! 

Oct 7, 2018

Today I write about this letter I wrote on Instagram (@oshetam)

 

 

Dear White Peacemakers, ⠀

Let’s sit and have an honest heart-to-heart.⠀

As we are stepping up and resisting the injustices of this world, will you commit to being mindful of one thing: you are opting in to an awareness of justice issues- for many people of color we've lived our whole lives navigating systemic brokenness. Brown and Black lives have been lost seeking this shalom, so approach justice efforts with some humility, please. ⠀

If the words and works of resistance from leaders of color inspire you to speak truth to power- give credit where credit is due because their voice was the first to hold the powers accountable. You are joining in their chorus. Know your part. ⠀


If their art moves you to create flourishing for those in need- learn the choreography of shalom by getting in step with the community from which that art was born- learn from them, listen to them, move with them- you are a student in *their* Master Class.⠀


If you quote a black poet, put some respect on her name by understanding the context in which she wrote those words and don’t just use them to make yourself seem more “woke”. ⠀


Because I say this with so much love and hope for our future together: we can stand united against the brokenness of this world if you, as a white person, acknowledge that the Spirit has been moving in communities of color and you're coming to this work from a place of privilege. ⠀


You can sing songs, quote lines, and share art that was created out of hardship and never share in those peoples’ suffering. Jesus modeled a different way. One that put himself right into the place of pain for those whom he loved. ⠀

Be careful, Friends. I often worry about you. Don't play around with this social justice appropriation. It undermines our partnership, gives footholds for pride, adds salt to ancient wounds.

White Peacemakers, please be on guard. Please don’t use the liberation work of people of color to support your resistance and not give them their due respect.

Please model Christ-like humility when seeking justice and doing good. ⠀

Love, ⠀
Your Black Peacemaking Sista⠀

Oct 7, 2018

Oh y'all... we're finally getting back on track.  Here are the top peacemaking strategies I need for my marriage. 

Oct 4, 2018

Oh Sistas... sometimes I get overwhelmed. You too? Listen to today's episode.

 

 

Oct 3, 2018

Hey Sistas, 

Today I start the episode with a peacemaking strategy because my son missed the bus.

Then, I share our Peacemaker's Pledge from my book trailer. It's the anchor of our series and what I'll refer to often.

 

We are a sisterhood of everyday peacemakers. We believe that shalom is more than an ancient concept. It’s God's dream for the world as it should be: nothing missing, nothing broken, everything made whole. Shalom is the breadth, depth, climate, and culture of the kingdom God. And we seek to live it out in our lives in small, but important ways: - Doing laundry for a single mom - Listening to a hurting child Or spending time with an elderly neighbor We know that peacemaking happens in the ordinary. These everyday practices of peace are brilliant flickers of light that drive away the darkness. We reject the notion that peacemakers are only quiet and gentle, meek and mild. In fact, some of us are quite sassy, and some of us are quirky. While we all love Jesus, some of us snark a little too. We are women without enemies We choose to love when we’ve been hurt and forgive when we’ve been betrayed. In times like these, we will look past the pain in order to see the person. Then we will tell a better story about them. These counter-stories will change the world. We show up for those on the margins. We speak up for the oppressed. We create rest for those whose lives are in chaos. We reject violence in both word and deed. Because we are peace-makers, not simply peace-keepers! We are all broken people, navigating a broken world, so we will be kind. We throw dance parties when we’re afraid. We will choose joy as a weapon against despair. And we own our belovedness instead of striving for perfection. When we look in the mirror we see beauty—our skin, our size, our style— are God-kissed and delightful. We do all this because we belong to each other. This is is what Jesus meant when he said: “Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God.”: We are family and shalom is written into our spiritual inheritance. So we will be generous with its riches as we live gently in a violent world. In remembering this sisterhood, we will begin to see God's radical peace invade every ordinary corner of our lives, every single day. So, let us be kingdom women, who tell a story of Shalom: the world can be made whole and love will overflow. Let’s be of champions of kindness, ambassadors of goodness, and heroes with humility. Let us be Shalom Sistas! Join us! Order your copy of "Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World" today!!! bit.ly/ShalomSistasBook
 
Oct 1, 2018

Hey Sistas,

 

Five things:

 

1: I used my husband's computer to upload this podcast episode and I couldn't figure out how to add the music... so this is an unplugged episode... no intro or music. Just me talk about Shalom.

 

2: We're spending the next 31 days seeking shalom on the podcast. It's going to be fun.

 

3: follow me on Instagram at: oshetam

Join the Facebook hangout here

 

4: We're saying "peace out to perfectionism" today... where have you been tempted to be perfect and perfect became the enemy of good.

5: I'm promising to show up, say something, and be still because... I love y'all.

 

~osheta

 

Aug 13, 2018

Hey Sistas!

Today I chat with my friend. Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros. Oh, y’all… I love her so much. Carolina is a Tejana poet, freelance writer, and aspiring author. Her work focuses on Latinidad and faith. Her work can be found in On Being, The Rumpus, The Acentos Review, The Lookout Magazine, Rock & Sling: a journal of witness, and more. 

Today we talk about creativity, being everyday theologians, and how the movie Coco moved us to own our past and love ourselves right now.

Follow Carolina here:

Website: Cisneros Cafe 

Twitter: @CisnerosCafe

Post we talked about, "I am Tejana" 

 

Keep in touch with me:

Instagram: osheta

 

Are you overwhelmed?

I wanna hear your story email me at shalompodcast@gmail.com

Or

Message me on Voxer:

Shalomsistas

 

Also… I wanna know if you’re a member of Bachelor Nation because seriously, y’all… I’m working on a Bachelor project for us.

 

With all my Love,

Osheta

 

Jul 8, 2018

My guest for Shalom Sistas #60 is Marla Taviano. Marla Taviano is the author of From Blushing Bride to Wedded Wife (2006), Is That All He Thinks About? (2007), Changing Your World One Diaper at a Time (2008), Expecting (2009), The Husband’s Guide to Getting Lucky (2011), Once Upon the Internet (2012), The Wife Life(2013), We Dream of Cambodia (2014), An Unschooling Manifesto (2014), The Storm (2015), and Shipwrecked (2017).

Her biggest passions are loving the poor, seeking justice, and building libraries. Which we talk about on the show today.

Marla and I dive right in and start talking about her family’s decision to move Cambodia, how she’s trying to be intentional in not calling herself a “missionary”, but a “neighbor”, why she started an Instagram account called, “White Girl Learning” , where we shares the books she’s reading written by authors of color.

In the second half of the show Marla flips the tables and asks me some of her burning questions like my decision to start using the female pronoun for God (I talk about the theology of it with my friends Tim and Mariann Reardon in episode 59 of the podcast.)

It was such a lovely conversation and I wish I could have talked to Marla for another hour.

And of course, I would love if you would share with your friends.

For links in today's episode, click here

 

Jun 4, 2018

Today I chat with my friends, Tim and Mariann Reardon, pastors of Pasadena Mennonite about using the female pronoun for God, especially how thinking of God as Mother has healed some past hurts and helped us authentically connect with God.

 

May 22, 2018

On Friday, Trinity and I sat down to share our thoughts about the Royal Wedding. This is a pre-wedding chat. We didn't get a chance to do a post-wedding chat because she's training for a 5K and I just started a new job!  Whoop, whoop. But, if you want, maybe we'll record a quick check in for the Patreon supporters.

 

A few important reminders 

1: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.  

 

3:  We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week.  The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here.  We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.  

 

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

May 11, 2018

Hey Sistas,

 Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

 

1: I chat with my friends, Amber Hornsby and Rachel Hanus, co-founders of ESTHER homes, a beautiful transition home for single mamas and pregnant women. Y'all, I joined the board of ESTHER as the president last month and I have to tell you God has been leading me to this moment for YEARS. This episode means so much to me because when was 20, I was a junior in college and found myself in an unplanned pregnancy and if it were not for women like my guest today, I would have had an abortion and quite possibly lost my faith.  

 

2:  We have a Patreonto help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week.  The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here. 

3:We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.   This week’s thank you gift in Patreon is this cool resource I received from my friend, Shannan Martin who was episode #3. She wrote a four day Mother's Day campaign that you can sign up for for FREE and you'll get an email a day for four day. BUT  If you're a Patreon, you'll get all four days in one PDF called, "A New Way to Mother's Day" in your feed. 

 

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

 

Connect with ESTHER HOMES

Website

Facebook

Instagram
 
Twitter 
 

Loving my Sistas in the Messy Middle,

Osheta

May 4, 2018

Hey Sistas,

 

Here are a few things you need to know about today’s episode:

 

1: I sit down with my friend Amena Brown today to talk about how she's seeking Shalom in herself. We also talk about taking mission trips to Africa as black girls, beauty standards, and I kissed dating goodbye.

 

2: We're doing our shalom step of cleaning toilets for people who annoy us... my bathrooms are SPARKLING people.  

 

3: There's a copy of Amena's book, "How to Fix A Broken Record" up for grabs.  Just find the podcast on Instagram and TAG three friends who you think would love this episode. 

Reminders!

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.  

 

3:  We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week.  The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here.  We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.   This week’s thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on “A Wrinkle in Time” it’ll show up on Monday. 

Links in the episode

http://www.africanewlife.org

Things Bringing Amena Peace

Old School Gospel. Try this playlist on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/user/snoopdogg/playlist/7HB3mjNzVvXjKeiZfIZbqR

Going on Walks

Check out this post about prayer walking with Jesus

http://biblicalspirituality.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Take-a-Prayer-Walk.pdf

Kamasi Washington: Rhythms Changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkLz4MyDmuE

Amena’s Podcasts

Here for the donuts podcast

How to Fix a Broken Record

Her

 

Connect with Amena:

Website: http://www.amenabrown.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/amenawrites

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/amenabee

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/menabee

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/amenabee

 

Connect with Osheta:

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

 

NEW: Connect with the SHOW

IG: Weareshalomsistas

(I’m *slowly* moving the show images and posting daily about the topic from the show)

 

May the Force of being your WHOLE SELF be with you SISTA!,

Osheta

 

Apr 27, 2018

Three things you need to know about today’s episode:

1: I sit down with my new friend Claire Swinarski, the host of “The Catholic Feminist” to talk about her favorite saints and how they empower her to be a peacemaker.  She shares with us what it means to be both Catholic and a Feminist. 

2: We do a “say this, not that” about common misconceptions about Catholics and Saints.  Then she shares her favorite three: Saint Therese of Liseux, Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, and Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

3: Then we end the show with what is giving us peace right now.

Books we discussed in today’s episode

Between the Savior and the Sea

My Sisters the Saints

My Badass Book of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live

Saint Terese of Liseux: the story of a soul

 

A few important reminders 

1: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.  

 

2:  We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week.  The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here.  We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.   This week’s thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on “A Wrinkle in Time” it’ll show up on Monday. 

 

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

 

NEW: Connect with the SHOW

IG: Weareshalomsistas

(I’m moving the show images and posting daily about the topic from the show, here.)

You’re a Saint my Peacemaking Sista,

Osheta

Apr 20, 2018

Hey Sistas,

 

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

 

1: I answer questions from the “Shalom Sistas” community today:

  • Share about supper club?
  • What do you say to women who are forced to see and interact with their abuser or their rapist during church? What do you tell a woman who has to walk up to the alter next to a man who would rape her or who beat her because they share a child in common and our current legal system and family court is so incredibly broken that they refuse to protect her? I want to know, because no one will give me an answer. 
  •  How do we respond when looking back at great tragedies that were stopped by war, such as the Holocaust? Can you share some scripture that calls for nonviolence?
  • Do I still like the snow?
  • What do you mean when you say you are an Anabaptist?

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.  

3:  We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week.  The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here.  We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.   

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

 

Seeking Shalom for a BUSY Weekend, 

Osheta

 

 

Apr 16, 2018

Here are three things you need to know about today's episode.

 

1: Today, my daughter Trinity and I join you for the first episode and snow day edition of Little Sistas.

 

2: We're praying for each other in the Shalom Sistas Hangout and Newsletter. Click the links to join and get your prayer on.

 

3: We've decided Oprah's make up is always on point, we wanna root for the underdogs, and snow days are for baking.   

 

 Two Important Reminders:

1:  We have a Patreon to help pay for an editor and make sure episodes are released once a week.  The only way I can serve you here on the podcast is by delegating the editing/tech to someone else. Please consider supporting the podcast here.  We need $100 more to start a contract with an editor.   This week’s thank you gift in Patreon is my conversation with my daughter on “A Wrinkle in Time” it’ll show up later on today.  

2: Sharing the podcast AND leaving a five-star review are the BESY ways to support the show. Plus, it helps our peacemaking tribe grow.  

Here’s the quick step by step for leaving an iTunes review:

  • How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad • Launch Apple's Podcast app.
  • Tap the Search tab.
  • Enter “Shalom Sistas”.
  • Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right.
  • Tap the album art for the podcast.
  • Tap the Reviews tab.
  • Tap Write a Review at the bottom.
  • Enter your iTunes password to login.
  • Tap the Stars to leave a rating.
  • Enter title text and content to leave a review.

•Tap Send. 

Connect with Osheta

Website: shalominthecity.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShalomintheCity/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/oshetam/

T: https://twitter.com/osheta

 

Enjoying my snow day with Trinity,

 

Osheta

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