This is a tough time for many in the country, me included. My heart and soul grieve deeply the change of both leadership and mood in this country. And part of my sadness comes from the deep divisions found not…
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I have faith because they had faith
Posted in @Bible Gateway, Bible Women, ChristianCentury, The Bible and Politics, Uncategorized Tagged with: Bible Women, Deborah, Dorcas, Eve, Lydia, Rahab, Samaritan woman, Shiprah and Puah, Susannah
Murder by Tent Peg
Women and War 3 Although rarely discussed, the story of Jael in the Book of Judges presents an extraordinary moment: A solitary woman commits murder in her own tent —and puts an exclamation point on a battle full of intrigue and…
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Deborah: Leading from the front
Bible Women and War 1 Warfare has been a constant as long as human beings have roamed the earth. The sad truth is this: war happens. We do everything we can to avoid it, but combat occurs, both in distant parts of the world,…
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DNA Does Not a Mother Make
I lost my mother to cancer when I was eleven. And still I yearn for her voice. I mourn that my memories of her are limited; I keep reviewing the moments I can remember, and there are no new ones.…
Posted in Bible Women, Uncategorized Tagged with: Deborah, Mary and Martha of Bethany, Mary of Bethany, Mother's Day, Mothers in the Bible, Rahab, Women in the Bible
Deborah: God, Politics and Inner Chaos
In these post-election days—depending on your point of view, of course—things might seem widely out of control, depressing, exhaustive, nonsensical. It might have appeared that way, too, in ancient Israel, in about the year 1150 BC…until a woman named Deborah…
Posted in #RallyRevGals, Bible Women, Old Testament Women, The Bible and Politics Tagged with: Bible Women, Deborah, Old Testament Women
Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter
The Scarlet Cord: Conversations with God’s Chosen Women
The Spy on Noah’s Ark and Other Bible Stories from the Inside Out
Wisdom Found: Stories of Women Transfigured by Faith
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