[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e have, both in the story of Pharaoh and the United States, empires that take the land of the people. The Egyptians received food in exchange, while for the Native Americans it was lies, sickness, and poverty. Here Brueggemann is talking about Pharaoh and his dreams: [blockquote type=”center”]“The nightmare is about scarcity. The one with…
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True Womanhood – Cookies and Chains
Growing up, my grandma always kept the cookie jar stocked. Oftentimes, it was with molasses cookies. Which are disgusting. But, apparently, that’s not a common reaction. “What? How can you not like her molasses cookies? They’re the best!” I’ve noticed a similar attitude coming from this study and the idea of true womanhood. We’re…
True Womanhood – Get Abused, Win A Crown!
TRIGGER WARNING!!! ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and everything ANTI-GOD!!! Seriously. FOR THE LOVE!!!!!!! Oh, also, this post is pretty long. Fair warning. I couldn’t not put any of these quotes in. Because holy hell. You need to read this. “The gospel informed woman, the younger women are to love their husbands. They are to…
True Womanhood – Why Airplanes Aren’t In the Bible
It’s one thing to talk in generalities about millenials leaving the church, to read books and ponder the reasons why. But it’s another thing to have one person talk about specific reasons why they’re teetering on the edge. I think so, anyway. But I’m just that one person. Maybe this won’t actually mean much….
Complaining as an Act of Faith
When my brother and I were old enough to be left home alone, we always had to clean the house. As we got older, we fell into our roles as obedient and ‘rebellious’ oldest and middle children. Which meant by high school I was cleaning the house everyday, even forsaking homework to get it…
Being an Image of God
My goal for this series is to explore the ideas of identity and vocation and how they can apply to our lives. All of this discussion and the opinions coming out of it are held very loosely, but because these are such important topics, it’s worth wrestling with them a bit. For example, when…
The Withness of God
O Come O Come Emmanuel piano/cello (Beautiful. Play it.) Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel Why are the strains of this hymn always slow and haunting? It sounds beautiful, even meaningful, in a Christmas carol, but is it really?
What I Learned On Summer Vacation
On Growing A Woman
I look at my 2 daughters and I just sit and watch, amazed. I watch my oldest, who is a mini-me, and I look at what she accomplishes, and I think, where did she get this? She builds amazing contraptions, her engineer father’s genes apparent. She loves to paint and cut and collage. She has…
Deserved Mercy
“The quality of mercy is not strain’d.” My kids came home from going to church with the grandparents, and their Sunday School paper showed a lesson on mercy. The handout said mercy is ‘showing more love or kindness to a person than they expect or deserve.’ ‘Or deserve’. That phrase kept rolling around in my…