
Faith & Choices
Permissive vs. PerfectNot 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
A Raw & Righteous Brew
October · November · December 2026
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.

Cover photo by Kelly Sikkema

Faith & Choices
Permissive vs. PerfectNot 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

Relationships
When Love HurtsWhat 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

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

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

Faith & Doctrine
The Cross I WearIt 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

The Cover Story
I Own My Own AmenYou 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

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
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