Ex. 2:4–8; 15:20–21Num. 12:1–15; 20:1; 26:59Deut. 24:9Micah 6:4 Her Story: Miriam was born in Egypt during the time that the Hebrews were enslaved by the Egyptians and the Egyptians, fearful or the Hebrew’s numbers, were systematically killing all newborn Hebrew boys. Miriam was from the tribe of Levi and was the daughter of Amram (see Numbers…
I have written, and re-written, the second half of Miriam’s story a dozen times (read the first part here). It was hard for me to write. Mostly because the topic is so close to my heart. Over the last few years my heart has broken as I have watched people I know and love, and…
This is part 2 of my series “Cultivating a Heart Open to Life” The story of Moses is one of my favorites, mostly because his story is filled with incredible women. We are introduced to many of these women at the start of Moses’s life and are shown several wonderful examples of women…
There is one word in the Bible that bothered me for a long time. It was the word unclean, especially when it was used in connection with menstruation, childbirth, sexual intimacy and women’s bodies. For example in Leviticus 15 it says this, “And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh…