We are excited to announce that Religion for Her is partnering with Portland Seminary and the Leadership Center to launch an all-expenses paid, yearlong Certificate in Biblical Foundations of Multicultural Preaching. This certificate program provides women in ministry with opportunities to:

• build peer support networks
• deepen their understanding
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How Many Fruit Are there?

Are there twelve fruit of the Spirit or only nine? Most contemporary translations of Galatians 5: 22-23 list nine fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (NIV, for example). 

However, some older manuscripts of the Bible list more than nine and as m...

This week many in the United States pause, gather together, and give thanks. Giving thanks is a practice preserved in cultural memory and recorded in written texts. In Jewish literature, the Psalms are a testament to this tradition of giving thanks. For over two thousand years, psalms of thanksgiving have been read in services and in homes.

But ha...