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Defiant Liberators, Part 2
By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | July 27, 2020
Last week, we published the first part of our interview with Kelley Nikondeha, author of our summer book club pick. We continue the conversation today and hear more about mutuality, freedom, and how readers have responded. (Part 2)
Defiant Liberators, Part 1
By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | July 22, 2020
This summer we are reading Kelley Nikondeha’s latest book Defiant. Kelley graciously agreed to let us get to know her a little better and hear more about the book from her perspective. (Part 1)
Book Review: Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us About Freedom
By: Mary Lou Wiley | July 1, 2020
Kelley Nikondeha serves up powerful insights from the stories of the women of Exodus, the stories of women who resisted historical and modern injustices, and her own experiences.
Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-Five Empowering Stories from the Bible
By: Elaine Storkey | June 16, 2020
In Women in a Patriarchal World Elaine Storkey focuses on the stories of women who faced a range of challenges and life-changing decisions.
A Timely Transformation: Tamar’s Quest for Justice in Genesis 38
By: Grace Al-Zoughbi | June 15, 2020
In this article, we will explore the story of Tamar from Genesis 38 as a transforming woman from the Old Testament. After her husband dies, Tamar appears to be a helpless woman, but she does not easily give up.
Who First Told the Bible’s Stories and Why It Matters
By: Jeff Miller | May 13, 2020
Oral tradition is important for an egalitarian understanding of the Bible—its origins, development, nature, and relevance—because women were among the key players in this stage of the Bible’s development.
Mary and Martha: Celebrating the Gifts of Others
By: Janet Galante, Molly Kate Hance | April 30, 2020
This sermon on Mary and Martha in Luke 10 argues that the problem is neither Martha’s housework nor Mary’s sitting at the feet of Jesus. The problem is judgment, which should be replaced with celebration of the gifts of others, even when those gifts differ from our own.
Christ Is Risen: The Nonsense of a Hysterical Woman
By: Chesna Hinkley | April 15, 2020
How did Mary enter the popular imagination as the femme fatale with a checkered past, made demure and modest by her encounter with Christ? The answer is complicated, but it has much to do with the erasure of other women.
Rising Up with Christ
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | April 13, 2020
May the faith of Mary, the apostle to the apostles, inspire in us a faithful vigilance in our isolation. We will meet and celebrate our risen Lord on Easter beyond the tomb.
Jesus Sees You: Endometriosis, the Bleeding Woman, and Me
By: Lauren Blanco | March 24, 2020
For most of my life I have been socially conditioned to hide my pain, and so I am only beginning to learn how to talk about my disease. Our culture is also slowly shifting in the way we discuss “womanly issues.”