Holy Women
Let’s Talk about Women Pastors
Let’s Talk about Women Pastors Considering the role of women in society, we need to keep in mind that different historical sources will produce different information for future generations. If you search for “Women Pastor” on youtube today, you will almost exclusively find voices passionately condemning such a thing. Nevertheless, here I stand, and as you know, I am not alone. Future historians though, might only be able to access those voices on youtube and conclude that pastoring women in…
Mary Magdalene was NOT a prostitute.
Mary Magdalene was NOT a prostitute. Everybody thinks that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, but that is a story that was invented by pope Gregory in the sixth century. At the time the plague decimated the population of Rome. Gregory thought that the lethal sickness was God’s punishment for the sins of the people. So he conflated a couple of women who were called Mary, and he made her into a prostitute. His point was that God even forgave this…
Susanna or The Truth about Sex
Susanna or The Truth about Sex In America today, not only are many instances of sexual misconduct coming to light. We are also a major place for sex trafficking, porn industry, domestic violence and date rape. And the numbers are going up, not down. Since 2013, the statistics show a rise in violent rape in the USA again, after a long period of decline. Are we, as a society, losing our spiritual and moral core just as the Jewish community in…
Holy Women: The Midwives Shifrah and Puah and Doing What is Right
Holy Women: The Midwives Shifrah and Puah and Doing What is Right In Genesis 1 we read that God created us male and female. It says nothing about one gender ruling over the other. However, that was the reality of most of human history. It is time to rethink a woman’s place in society and religion. The scriptures prove that at all times and places, women have followed God’s call to be Agents of God’s grace. Like the midwives Shifrah…