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How does one read the literature of a patriarchal society in a 21st century context? Where can one find good role models for girls and women in the Bible? All too often these questions are answered by presenting the answers given by patriarchal society and not by looking for liberating, examples. It is all too easy to let God's message of setting the captives free ring forth, but directed to a limited audience. But Ruth and Esther provide strong counter-examples...
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What if someone you thought you knew very well started behaving strangely? What would you do?
Now suppose the person acting strange was - God?
Jonah thought he knew God. In fact, he was a prophet. He knew he heard God's voice. Life might have its difficulties, but no matter what happened, he could count on his God.
Then one day God started saying things he couldn't possibly mean.
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Death. Illness. Divorce. Unexpected. Undeserved. In this world there is going to be suffering and pain.
As a person of faith, we are not exempt from that undeniable fact. What do we do? Where is God when the pain is unbearable and the night so long? How do we reach out to others with something more than platitudes?
"It has been said that theology begins in the experience of suffering. At the very least, debilitating suffering challenges our images...
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