Welcome. I’m Sharifa. I’m a writer, speaker, and singer based in Dallas, TX.
I communicate to exhale, working out being a misfit, alien, idealist, beloved. This is how I do tenderness in a concrete world.
Here's my more "official" bio:
Sharifa is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, born and raised in New York, and currently residing with her family in Dallas, TX. She graduated from Columbia University in New York with a Bachelor in African American Studies before earning a master in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. Sharifa is a conglomeration of intersections: Bronx wisdom and prep-school code-switching; smoke shop Now-and-Laters and church peppermints; hip-hop and hymns. Intersections can be a mash-up—rife with both tragedy and opportunity; places of pause within movement. Sharifa aspires to use writing as a vehicle that moves readers to intersect with the sacred and the honest. She co-authored Only Light Can Do That: 60 Days of MLK Devotions for Kids, contributed to the book Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, & Marginalized Women of the Bible and Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice. She is currently writing her first book. Sharifa is married to a Renaissance man, and mother to two lively boys.
God didn’t create us to be trophies. God knew that the earth would be more than Eden. He knew we had an enemy. That there would be a battle waging. He set apart a people who, together, would walk with God and subdue principalities and powers.
He knew. And because God knew, He made women. He made us fighters. He named us ezers.
We were made for the fight, not the glass case.
-Sharifa Stevens
Endorsements
Tasha Morrison, Founder of Be the Bridge to Racial Unity
I have hired Sharifa both as a panelist and a writer to communicate about the challenges and benefits of bridge building toward racial unity. She has ably communicated about this difficult and sensitive subject with a kind of compassion, tact, and honesty that moves the conversation forward.
Michele Kappas, White Rock Fellowship Church
We thoroughly enjoyed having Sharifa with us at White Rock Fellowship speaking to our women about running the race of following hard after Christ. Sharifa spoke with authenticity and excitement as she talked about keeping our eyes on the King the entire journey. We left feeling challenged to continue to fight that which hinders our focus and encouraged to follow wholeheartedly after Jesus as sisters in Christ who partner together for the sake of the gospel.
Dr. Sandra Glahn, Professor and Author
Sharifa Stevens is a brilliant speaker, singer, and writer. Her words bring glimpses of shalom in a broken world, leaving listeners and readers with a hunger to love God with all their minds, souls, hearts, and strength.
Cindy Rawles, Women's Ministry Director, Grace Bible Church
Sharifa is authentic, engaging, and disarming. She's spot-on in her theology and Bible knowledge and shares it with humor, enthusiasm, and real passion. She was such and encouragement to our Young Moms group. We love Sharifa!
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