Interrupting Power

“When King Ahasuerus was merry with wine, he commanded Queen Vashti to appear before him, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty—for she was fair to behold. But Queen Vashti refused.” – Esther 1:10-12 During the 180 days of King Ahasuerus’ big bash,...

Book Giveaway: Bible Sisters

Looking for a new daily devotional? Seeking an introduction to lesser-known women of the Bible? Hoping to resource a Bible study group in your church? The newly-released Bible Sisters: A Year of Devotions with the Women of the Bible by Gennifer Benjamin Brooks...

Book Week: The CEB Women’s Bible

I’ve never owned a “Women’s Bible.” It’s a residual objection to the gender-targeting Bibles that I saw on bookstore & church shelves when I was a teen: pink floral ridiculousness for girls, blue camo covers for boys. As if I would...

3 of 3: Rachel

If love favored her, life betrayed her. Hardly a fair trade and if she had been given a choice who’s to say she wouldn’t have preferred life? What do we remember: we remember her weeping, not her loving, not her living; we remember the wail of her death....

2 of 3: Leah

Do not look in her eyes where dreams have died. Instead by her hips be gladly distracted; watch her hands — busy tending life. Where dreams have died, instead she has planted dogged resolve. Watch her hands — busy tending life in love’s...

1 of 3: Jacob

The kingdom of heaven is like a man whose hip is thrown out of joint so that he has to stop running. It’s hard to say when exactly Jacob began running. It seemed in his own mind that he had always been ducking & dodging, always evading anyone who got too...

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