When We Recognize Our Sisters: Widening the Circle with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by Susan Baller-Shepard

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When We Recognize Our Sisters
Widening the Circle with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
by Susan Baller-Shepard

My friend Lynda once said, “You know what? Jesus was always expanding the circle, making it bigger to include others.” I think of this in terms of family. My grandmother Elizabeth, known as “Betty,” always used to call other women “Sister.” As kids, my cousins and I joked about it and saw it as so old-fashioned; we’d call each other “Sister,” imitating Grandma’s southern drawl. If Jesus made the circle bigger, then I guess it’s up to us as women of faith to ask ourselves, “Who’s in the circle, who’s out and why?”

Learn about the Millenium Development Goals and how organizations and people are using those goals to invite everyone into the circle.

Call 800/524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the November/December 2007 issue (HZN-07-260; $4 plus shipping).

Susan Baller-Shepard is a published author and parish associate at First Presbyterian Church in Normal, Illinois.

Photo by Tim McKulka/UN Photo

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Continuing the Journey
Keeping the Link [A WEB EXCLUSIVE]
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Working for Justice and Peace
Faithful Parenting
Strengthening the PC(USA)

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Learn about the Millenium Development Goals and how organizations and people are using those goals to invite everyone into the circle. Call 800/524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the November/ December 2007 issue (HZN-07-260; $4 plus shipping).	When We Recognize Our Sisters Widening the Circle with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by Susan Baller-Shepard My friend Lynda once said, “You know what? Jesus was always expanding the circle, making it bigger to include others.” I think of this in terms of family. My grandmother Elizabeth, known as “Betty,” always used to call other women “Sister.” As kids, my cousins and I joked about it and saw it as so old-fashioned; we’d call each other “Sister,” imitating Grandma’s southern drawl. If Jesus made the circle bigger, then I guess it’s up to us as women of faith to ask ourselves, “Who’s in the circle, who’s out and why?” Learn about the Millenium Development Goals and how organizations and people are using those goals to invite everyone into the circle. Call 800/524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the November/December 2007 issue (HZN-07-260; $4 plus shipping). Susan Baller-Shepard is a published author and parish associate at First Presbyterian Church in Normal, Illinois. Photo by Tim McKulka/UN Photo Other Articles Online This Issue Raising Children, Growing Ourselves There's Something About Mary A Miracle in Progress When We Recognize Our Sisters Together in Congo Project Homecoming Beyond the Kitchen Counter Continuing the Journey Keeping the Link [A WEB EXCLUSIVE] Dispatch from Forbearance Presbyterian Church Working for Justice and Peace Faithful Parenting Strengthening the PC(USA)	Current Issue NOV/DEC 2007 About This Issue Contents FREE Resource How to Use In Our Next Issue Items underlined can be seen in this Web site, all others appear in the November/December 2007 (HZN-07-260) issue of Horizons magazine. to Horizons, call 800/524-2612 or this issue ($4 plus shipping/handling)

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