Inés is an ordained pastor, preacher, reconciler, writer, and speaker. We are pleased to feature Inés as a regular Life for Leaders writer.
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Peace and Fish
Jesus longs to give you his presence, his peace and a piece of food for your deepest hunger.
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Named
I don’t know about you, but this year I experienced resurrection in a drastically different way than any year prior.
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Empty Water Jars
What is easier to say: Fill the jars with water, or Bring your empty water jars?
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Samuel’s Call to Speak
Everybody wants the power and agency to speak. Not everyone knows how to temper the way we speak with humility.
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Advent: Light With Us: Immanuel
This is an affirmation of presence. Not hopes to be, not begging to be, God IS with us.
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta saw human need and her inner drivenness said: Sí se puede.
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Hispanic Heritage Month: My Abuela’s Mesa
My Abuela’s Mesa was a table of leadership where she led with generosity.
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Miriam and Moses
Every superhero and super-shero has an origin story. An origin story often includes a flashback that tells us how that person acquired his or her powers as well as purpose in fighting crime. When I think of Moses I have visions of that old Charlton Heston movie “The Ten Commandments” where Moses faces the burning bush or is standing before the parting of the Red Sea. However, I am captivated by his origin story and the critical role of his older sister Miriam. Miriam’s curiosity and creativity may have seemed small, but they were of biblical proportions.
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Midwifing the Kingdom
Our work is a witness not so much in what we do, but in how we go about doing it. The midwives are exemplars of agents of life that God sets into motion to usher the life of the Kingdom. Work is the womb where that life is nourished and birthed. They knew the policies that affected people rested in their hands. They did the next right thing. The next right thing is usually the hard thing.
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Cultivate Hope
Hope has an inner sense of elusiveness at times, even and especially when one doesn’t seem to be able to catch it, capture it, or keep it. My grandmother’s witness as a creative entrepreneur was to cultivate it. In the face of hopeless situations, she kept hope at hand and was in the habit of cultivating it with her actions.
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