Empowering women to live out their calling.
From the Woman Who Subdued a General I love bringing to light the stories of Biblical characters that are not well known and not often talked about. One of those is the wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah, found in II Samuel 20:14-22. She is a woman of valor who confronted a powerful military leader and […]
When it comes to Jesus and women, he was ahead of his time. He elevated women to a position that was unheard of in the first century and his treatment of women defied every cultural norm. Unfortunately, this is a subject that is not often talked about outside of academic Christian circles, but as women […]
When we think of brave women of the Bible, Deborah and Esther come straight to mind, but have you ever heard of Jehosheba? Honestly, until yesterday, I had not. The story of this princess hero appears in only two Bible verses and she is easily overshadowed by the weight of the other protagonists in that […]
Is the account of the “The Woman at the Well” really about racism? It is about a lot of things, but there is definitely a lesson or two about racism. “Racism” is a modern word. We often miss modern applications because we do not see our modern words in the text. That is exactly what has […]
Sometimes doing a little bit of research on what may seem like a trivial detail can reveal great Biblical truths. That is what happened when I began to dig into the use of spikenard essential oil in scripture. And in the process, I learned something remarkable about the woman behind the anointing of Jesus! The […]