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When Sleeping Women Wake, Mountains Move a talk given by Melina Rudman to the UCC Women's Celebration in Portland, ME on March 29, 2014 Good afternoon. I love words: I love to read them, write them and share them. Here are four quotes that have guided me as I prayed and wrote this talk. When sleeping women wake, mountains move. - Chinese proverb Jesus said, "I say to you, that if you had faith like the grain of a mustard seed, you may say to this mountain, 'Move from here,' and it will move, and nothing will be difficult for you. - Matthew 17:20 Once we are awake to who we are, we stop playing small and we stop trying to be special; our lives shift from one of strategy and greed to a life of serving and showing up as who we are in any way we can.- Charmelie Ardagh Dare to let that holy flame within you grow hot and dangerous and you will look the world straight in the eyes and say.... - Charmelie Ardagh Thank you for inviting me to be with you here today and for choosing to be with me this lunch-time. I hope you are enjoying yourselves and that all you consume here, food for body and soul, nourishes you. We need nourishing, don't we? The women...