When I first picked up a copy of Miguel De La Torre’s The Quest for the Cuban Christ as a seminarian, I was looking forward to reading about Jesus and my foremothers and forefathers. Needless to say, ...
Shiphrah and Puah, two midwives in Egypt, were commanded by the tyrant Pharoah to kill all male Israelite babies. As Exodus’ first chapter describes, however, the women sensed that above the monarch ...
Below is the popularity graph of the name Shiphrah from 2010 to 2024, based on data from the SSA. Among the SSA compilation of popular girl's names over the past 10 years, the name Shiphrah ranked ...
What we can learn from the Hebrew midwives of Exodus who defied a tyrant to protect the vulnerable. Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in ...
Our congregation follows the practice of “following the lectionary.” This means that on Sunday mornings, we read portions of our sacred story as prescribed by a multiyear sequencing of major ...
Russian Doll is the brand new dark comedy series starring Orange Is The New Black actress Natasha Lyonne. All eight episodes are available to stream and download on Netflix now. One moment fans cannot ...