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Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam
By: Elizabeth Ann R. Willett | January 30, 2021
Seventeen essays explore how the biblical Miriam, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene were portrayed in the early Christian era, also touching on Jewish and Muslim interpretations.
Christ-Bearers
By: Theresa Garbe | November 1, 2020
Like Mary the Mother of Jesus, Christian men and women are called to bring Christ to the world.
Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam
By: Ally Kateusz, Mary Ann Beavis | January 23, 2020
This interdisciplinary volume of text and art offers new insights into various unsolved mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of Moses.
A Chance to Learn from Mary
By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | December 13, 2019
We invite you to journey with our writers as they rediscover Mary through theology, personal reflection, and real-world experiences with those who can give us insight into Mary.
The Marys of the Bible and the #MeToo Movement
By: Boaz Johnson | December 13, 2019
So, what does the Bible have to say in response to the issues raised by the #MeToo movement? It seems to me that the central response to this question is the name of Jesus the Messiah’s mother—Mary.
Mary for Teen Moms: Chosen by God
By: Joyce del Rosario | December 13, 2019
God called Mary to something much greater than her social location. I find it comforting to note that she was called “highly favored” before she said yes to God. It wasn’t her obedience that made her highly favored.
Their Broken Bodies: Mary and Jesus
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 13, 2019
In churches where men are welcomed as priests and leaders simply because they share the male body of Jesus and the twelve male disciples, we too easily assume that women’s bodies represent, by contrast, an inferiority.
Mary
By: Keren Dibbens-Wyatt | December 13, 2019
We have put you on a pedestal, scattered petals at your marble feet. Entombed now in stone, once their warm flesh danced in Cana
Behaving Like Mary: Reexamining Mary’s Encounter with Gabriel
By: Julie R. Frady | December 13, 2019
I recently saw a meme of the Virgin Mary with the words “well-behaved women make history” on it. The meme was a pushback on the pithy saying, “well-behaved women rarely make history.”
Mary the Brave: Neither Meek nor Superhuman
By: Katie McEachern | December 13, 2019
One Sunday, about a year ago, I was visiting a new church. It was December, and the pastor was preaching about Mary. I was surprised by how well he positioned Mary as an equal to the congregation—neither meek nor superhuman.