While these woman written about below have long ago passed into history, there are many other faith filled women whose lives have showed me the way. In time their stories will be posted here as well.
Ruth – WCSS study
We will be studying the Book of Ruth in our Scripture Study class this week. I have read the Bible passages several times and answered…
Keep readingRuth – a woman of substance
In the Book of Ruth we meet a family – Elimelech, his wife Naomi and two sons, Malon and Chilion. They leave their homeland in…
Keep readingBecoming Women of the Word
After reading the book “Becoming Women of the Word” by Sarah Christmyer, I encouraged our zoom group to choose one woman from the Bible to…
Keep readingWhat Leah and Rachel taught me
The book club group has been reading “Becoming Women of the Word” by Sarah Christmyer. It is a wonderful book full of insights into the…
Keep readingMary Magdalen
I was thinking the other day how difficult it must have been for Mary Magdalen and the other women to return to Jesus’ tomb. Most…
Keep readingZechariah and Elizabeth
Luke 1:5:25 Zechariah was a priest (Levite), Elizabeth, his wife a descendant of Aaron, also a Levite The Bible says that both were righteous, living…
Keep readingMartha thoughts – John Chapter 12 verses 1-3
“Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner…
Keep readingMary, the Mother of Jesus
All this week, Holy Week, I have been thinking of Mary, of what she experienced. And I have been thinking that some of my own…
Keep readingMary and the Way of the Cross
Karen’s friend, Shawn, wrote a post recently about the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Way of the Cross. According to Shawn and others, after Jesus’…
Keep reading“We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses” – the holy women around us
Our world and our news are so filled with stories of fraud and deceit and people who seek only to impose their wills on others,…
Keep readingHannah, a childless woman
Our next lesson in this series is from the book of Samuel, chapters 1 through 3. The story revolves around the birth of the prophet…
Keep readingThe Book of Ruth
“Too much Cecil B. DeMille and outsized language about the Power of God can give the false impression that when seas aren’t being parted or the…
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Reflections on my Journey 