October · November · December 2026
SHE TEA

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October · November · December 2026

I'm My Own Amen

You don't need an audience to agree. This edition pours strong tea on God's permissive vs. perfect will, love that hurts, three women of the Bible nobody preaches about, and the cross you wear.

SHE TEA Magazine cover — October, November, December 2026 edition, I'm My Own Amen

Cover photo by Kelly Sikkema

In This Issue

Permissive vs. Perfect — Not Equal in the Sight of God

Faith & Choices

Permissive vs. Perfect

Not Equal in the Sight of God

Not everything God allows is something God authored. Pull up a chair, baby — today we are spilling some holy tea, and I need you to sip slow.

By MissDebbyDeb · Page 5

When Love Hurts — What God Really Says About Marriage and Abuse

Relationships

When Love Hurts

What God Really Says About Marriage and Abuse

Know the signs, find your voice, choose freedom. A word from one who has been there, for every woman who has been told to stay, smile, and suffer in the name of God.

By Dominique Fox · Page 11

Three Women of the Bible Nobody Preaches About — (But Somebody Should)

Bible Study

Three Women of the Bible Nobody Preaches About

(But Somebody Should)

Esther gets the crown. Ruth gets the wedding. Mary gets the manger. But tucked in the corners of Joshua and Second Samuel are women whose stories are so bold, so strange, and so Holy Ghost-relevant that it's time somebody preached them.

By Pastor Deb · Page 20

Soft or Surrendered Life? — Let's Talk About It

Christian Living

Soft or Surrendered Life?

Let's Talk About It

I put the phone face-down and said, out loud, to nobody: "I'm protecting my peace." Then I picked it right back up and spent three hours scrolling. By sundown, my peace wasn't protected. It was gone.

By Nimkii · Page 27

The Cross I Wear — It Doesn't Celebrate How He Died. It Declares Why I Live.

Faith & Doctrine

The Cross I Wear

It Doesn't Celebrate How He Died. It Declares Why I Live.

Some people wear designer labels to show who made their clothes. I wear the cross to remind me Who remade my life.

By SHE TEA · Page 36

I Own My Own Amen — You Don't Need an Audience to Agree

The Cover Story

I Own My Own Amen

You Don't Need an Audience to Agree

Two women. Two perspectives. One friendship spanning more than twenty-five years. And one question: When you've settled something with God, why do you still need everybody else to agree?

By Jasmine & Jewel · Page 47

Deborah Ocasio, Editor-in-Chief of SHE TEA Magazine

Letter from Our Editor

"My hope is that these pages make you laugh a little, think a lot, question a few things, and strengthen your determination to live authentically and faithfully."

Deborah Ocasio · Editor-in-Chief, SHE TEA Magazine

Read the full letter

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