40,000 human skulls. They haunt me. Six weeks ago, I was in Europe, celebrating twenty-five years of marriage and visiting the towns along the Danube River. It was a wonderful trip—yet what I can’t get out of my mind is…
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40,000 Skulls
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The Woman in Proverbs 31: Yikes!
Okay. There’s a woman in the Bible that leaves me feeling a little, well unnerved. And she comes up in this Sunday’s lectionary (RCL, Year B, September 20). Described in Proverbs 31, she’s known as the “capable wife.” Unfortunately, we’re…
Posted in Bible Women, Faith, Old Testament Women, Words of Bible Women Tagged with: Bible Women, Old Testament Women, Proverbs 31
Mary Magdalene: Despairing but not broken
Almost fifteen years ago, I had cancer. It was a tough time. I prefer acupuncture and yoga, but modern medicine clearly saves lives, and saved mine. My point is this: the valley of the shadow of death is a tough…
Posted in Bible Women, Faith, Mary Magdalene, New Testament Women Tagged with: Easter, Lent, Mary Magdalee
Women of Lent 6: Mary, Jesus’ mother
I’m coming out of the closet theologically. On this day, when The Episcopal Church, and several other denominations, celebrate the Annunciation — that event when the angel Gabriel visits Mary with news of God’s astounding plan — I’ll throw my…
Posted in Bible Women, Faith, Mary, New Testament Women, Uncategorized Tagged with: Mary, New Testament, virgin birth
Women of Lent 5: The Women at the Tomb
Women at Jesus’ tomb…their presence is reported in all four gospels, but what are the similiarities and the differences between each telling of the story in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? First, the common denominators: Women were the first to approach the tomb…
Posted in #RallyRevGals, Bible Women, Faith, Mary Magdalene, New Testament Women Tagged with: Joanna, Mary, Mary Magdalene, Salome, Women at the tomb
Women of Lent 2: Mary of Bethany
Sensual. Tender. Loving. Discerning. Clearly Mary of Bethany was Jesus’ soulmate. How else might we describe a woman who sits at Jesus’ feet, listens carefully to his every word, pours expensive oil over said feet, then dries them with her…
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Women in the Bible Push Against Restraints
What do we know about women in the Bible? Research conclusion #2: Start to finish, women in the Bible push against restraints, using their God given gift of free will. From the first woman to speak in the Bible (Eve)…
Posted in Bible Women, Faith, New Testament Women, Old Testament Women Tagged with: Acts, Delilah, Eve, Jezebel
Hidden Pain, Hidden Treasures
In the springtime, my mother would bring lilacs inside, big armfuls of them, and put them in deep burgundy glass vases. Their fresh and wild scent filled the house, wafting through screen windows that had been hand-changed, from storms to…
Posted in #RallyRevGals, Bible Women, Faith, New Testament Women, Old Testament Women, Women in the Apocrypha Tagged with: #Faith, cancer, death
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