Former American Press staff writer Sunny Brown Farley writes "Naked Faith," a look at faith in its natural form: lived out in the day-to-day lives of ordinary people.

The Preacher at the Well

The story of the woman at the well is found in John 4:1-42. It says:

“Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, ‘Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John’— although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— he left Judea and started back to Galilee. But he had to [...]

Not so silent

There are several verses in the Bible that have been used throughout history to prohibit or discourage women from various leadership roles in the Church. For example, 1 Cor. 14:34-35 says: “Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law also says. If [...]

Jump rope and a ball

The other day I did a children’s sermon on the difference between a jump rope and a ball. Both are fun toys.

I remember jumping rope and kicking balls as a kid. The kids at my church still play with these toys all these many years later. (Maybe I am not so old, after all – [...]

Ah, Protection.

The other day I looked down at my dry-clean-only outfit I was wearing and I noted that I was soaked with pee, slobber and a sticky substance of unidentifiable origin. It was at this point that I invented the Mommy Smock. I thought to myself, if only I could invent something that would stand between [...]

On thee we cast our care

Today was the second day of day care for my son, Kai. Yesterday wasn’t so bad. It was new and there were kids and toys and just enough distractions that I guess he didn’t notice when I slipped out of the classroom and headed of to my summer school class called “Women and the Pulpit.”

Today [...]