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2018-10-18T16:02:13+00:00

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About Yesterday

Last updated on: October 18, 2018 at 4:02 pm By Sarah Thebarge

If you follow me on social media, you know that yesterday I wrote, Dear person in Florida who drained my bank accounts today, If you were hungry or thirsty or cold, I hope you got what you needed. But you didn’t have to steal it. I would’ve given it to you freely if you’d simply asked. Love, Sarah Here’s what happened. Last week I got a call from Chase Bank asking if I was trying to spend $100 at... Read more

where your treasure is

2018-10-11T16:32:34+00:00

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The Day of The (Invisible) Girls

Last updated on: October 11, 2018 at 4:32 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Today the world is observing the International Day of the Girl, where we remember how important girls are to our world, how they’ve been marginalized throughout history, and how we can work to help them reach their full, God-given potential. Two days ago, I got a big check in the mail and some incredible news: The Invisible Girls, the memoir I wrote about five Somali refugee girls I met on a train in Portland, Oregon, as I was recovering from... Read more

The Invisible Girls Trust Fund

2018-10-14T16:12:36+00:00

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Fighting Fire With…Water: How Love, Not Anger, Saves The World

Last updated on: October 14, 2018 at 4:12 pm By Sarah Thebarge

It’s been a doozy of a week for our world. I was off line for the weekend, attending my sister’s wedding in Pennsylvania. When I woke up yesterday morning, back at home in San Francisco, I was inundated by headlines that hurt my heart, by texts from tearful friends, by an emotional exhaustion that’s hard to explain, by a discouragement that’s hard to name. After a sexual assault victim was given the middle finger by a roomful of white men... Read more

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2018-10-01T18:07:58+00:00

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Tender Is The Night: How To Take Care of Each Other in Troubled Times

Last updated on: October 1, 2018 at 6:07 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Last week I wrote that calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline went up 57% when Christine Blasey Ford’s claims about Brett Kavanaugh hit the news. The number of calls the hotline received jumped from a 57% increase to a 201% increase on September 27th, the day Ford testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee. I don’t think we’ve ever lived in a time that’s as tender as today for survivors of sexual assault. One in six women and one in... Read more

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2018-09-26T16:17:22+00:00

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Ford v. Kavanaugh: Why One Woman’s Story Matters To Us All

Last updated on: September 26, 2018 at 4:17 pm By Sarah Thebarge

After the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh broke last week, the National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a 57% increase in calls in less than 48 hours. (Previously, the biggest increase was 46%, as the Harry Weinstein accusations were coming to light.) Many people are dismissing the story by repeating cliches about victims of sexual assault that have long ago been proven to be not only unhelpful, but untrue. It’s he said-she said. They were both intoxicated. ... Read more

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2018-09-19T16:37:14+00:00

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Going Viral.

Last updated on: September 19, 2018 at 4:37 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Last week, a video went viral. It was a video of 56-year-old Anthony Torres shaving his face while riding on a commuter train from NYC to New Jersey, secretly filmed by a fellow passenger. The video was viewed by millions of people, many of whom commented that Torres was a slob. An animal. Nasty and gross. A reporter for the Washington Post tracked Torres down and asked him the question everyone was wondering: Why were you shaving on a train?... Read more

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2018-09-13T19:59:04+00:00

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Closer Than The Storm Could Ever Be

Last updated on: September 13, 2018 at 7:59 pm By Sarah Thebarge

I’ve been watching weather updates this week about Florence, the hurricane that’s hurtling toward the east coast, threatening “a massive assault on the Carolinas,” according to the latest report. As I’ve watched the hurricane take shape, I’ve considered the chaos and fear and potential destruction hurricanes create. And I’ve thought a lot about storms. How can we feel safe when everything we care about is at risk? How can we feel secure when all we know and love is vulnerable... Read more

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2018-09-11T14:58:41+00:00

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9/11/18: A 17-Year-Long Lesson That Anger And Fear Don’t Keep Us Safe

Last updated on: September 11, 2018 at 2:58 pm By Sarah Thebarge

September 11, 2001 has become the “Where were you the day that…” moment for my generation. For previous generations, life-changing days were Black Tuesday, 1929. Pearl Harbor, 1941. The assassination of John F. Kennedy, 1963. Then the assassination of MLK, Jr., 1968. They are moments frozen in time. Moments when life as we knew it would never be the same. Continental Divides in history where the direction of our world’s flow was irrevocably changed. On September 11, 2001, terrorists flew... Read more

2018-09-05T15:57:53+00:00

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International Day of Charity: What Jesus Really Called Us To

Last updated on: September 5, 2018 at 3:57 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Today is International Day of Charity, which the United Nations has observed every September 5th for the past 6 years. The date was chosen because it’s the day Mother Teresa passed away in 1997. While the word charity has taken on a disparaging connotation, it’s roots lie in agape, the unconditional love God has for each of us. Charity means showing God’s love to people in need. Some people in our world are in desperate need of very tangible, practical... Read more

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2018-08-17T17:58:46+00:00

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Social Media: The Sacrifice That Costs (And Accomplishes) Nothing

Last updated on: August 17, 2018 at 5:58 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Let’s face it: There’s a lot of good that social media can do. It helps us stay in touch with friends and family members. It allows us to share memes and videos and quotes that make us laugh or clap or cry. It offers us the opportunity to read articles and essays and blogs that make us think deeper and differently. It provides forums to share ideas and opinions and information. But the problem with social media is that... Read more

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