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A Table for the Sacred Divine Feminine Spirit … one that Mary Magdalene offered to Jesus. One that expands and widens. One that welcomes. One that holds the stories that we will share that unbind us and set us free.

Newsletter · By Shelly Shepherd · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Creation, Table, and Pilgrimage (opens the original)

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    On Wednesday we gathered at Table to remind ourselves of creation. A noticing of the unfurling backdrop of love in the things around us. Tables we create from wood and stone. Tables that become altars and sacred leaning posts to open our hearts and words. These places we lean for strength and love.Jennisue invited us on Wednesday into a practice of creativity by tracing and drawing with our non-dominant writing hand. This instantly made the exercise feel like a vulnerable embrace. But we followe

  2. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    Midwifing Contessa (opens the original)

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    I personally have not birthed any children.I have raised a few at different times and seasons in my life but I have not physically given birth. So the physical labor of carrying another human inside the body and fully launching and birthing a tiny human into the world is not part of my story. There are a variety of reasons for this that belong in a future post perhaps. Today I want to share about birthing in ways that could possibly resemble similar feelings, emotions and situations as that of t

  3. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    Dear Dolly… All is Sacred. (opens the original)

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    Perhaps meeting Dolly Parton through the TV screen was more sacred than I realized in my younger days.She seemed larger than life to me even then. Her presence and essence seemed different than others. I remember asking the adults in my life if she was a Christian. I was hoping for an answer that would place people we were watching on TV as equal and as relevant as the ones attending my church every week.It looked similar to me.Microphones.Instruments.Stages and platforms.Podiums and music stand

  4. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

    Symbols of Remembering. (opens the original)

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    I scanned the lab report from top to bottom. The list was long and full of abbreviations and symbols.[WBC, RBC, MCV, MCH, RDW, BUN, eGFR, AST, ALT, UIBCA]A total of 45 variables measured from a single blood draw. As I moved back and forth across the lab results my eyes were scanning for those that were “out of range.” Was there an infection? Was the iron below normal? Was there something new with the heart to pay attention to?Out of the forty-five elements in the report there were four that were

  5. Issue · Aug 15, 2026

    Saturday Examen (opens the original)

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    I was young. I was a witness.I was watching what happens when it feels like God disappears.When it looks like God is not around.When the cupboards are empty.When the washing machine is broken.When the men drank through in one weekend the grocery budget for the week.When the vehicle won’t start and there’s no other option for getting to Church…“Where do you turn when God disappears?” I asked a friend.“I turn in

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