Courageous Women

Last week's Bible reflection (Pure Heroines) introduced the whole sermon yesterday at St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, IL
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Pure Heroines

Let’s shout out the names of some heroes!

• Shiphrah!
• Puah!
• Levi’s wife! What’s her name? We’ll have to look for it . . .. Jochebed! (From Exodus 6:20)
• Moses’ sister . . .. Miriam!
• Pharaoh’s daughter . . . Let’s do some more digging for her name . . . Bathia! (Find it in the Talmud)

Why, of 5 of the most important women in the Bible, must I search in hopes of finding some of their names?Why does Moses get not only a name, but also a Hebrew word that associates it with his beginning (not to mention a really important Egyptian term too?)

Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam and Bathia are heroes. They saw opportunities, took risks, and made it possible, ultimately, for the Israelites to be delivered out of slavery in Egypt.

I wish we had more written about these heroes. I wish we would never forget their names, either.

Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam and Bathia.

Heroes.

Courageous Women

The i.ucc Bible study blog post from earlier this week (5 Heroes) is now Sunday's sermon! This week the congregation of Union Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Somonauk is worshipping at Sannauk Forest Preserve as part of our annual picnic.
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No "Courageous Women" podcast today -- I missed starting the audio recording on the camera at the beginning of the sermon. I did shoot some video for a local "All the People" commercial and there's some other video and audio stuff that I'll post her soon instead!

5 Heroes

Here's this week's Bible study blog entry for i.ucc!

Let’s shout out the names!

• Shiphrah!
• Puah!
• Levi’s wife! What’s her name? We’ll have to look for it . . .. Jochebed! (From Exodus 6:20)
• Moses’ sister . . .. Miriam!
• Pharaoh’s daughter . . . Let’s do some more digging for her name . . . Bathia! (It’s in the Talmud)
  

Why, of 5 of the most important women in the Bible, must I search in hopes of finding some of their names?Why does Moses get not only a name, but also a Hebrew word that associates it with his beginning (not to mention a really important Egyptian term too?)


Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam and Bathia are heroes. They saw opportunities, took risks, and made it possible, ultimately, for the Israelites to be delivered out of slavery in Egypt.

I wish we had more written about these heroes. I wish we would never forget their names, either.

Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam and Bathia.

5 heroes.