Giving birth is hard work.  Just ask anyone who’s done it!  The job of a midwife is one of the oldest professions in society.  The next story in Exodus involves two of them: Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah, and the other was named Puah; and he said, … Continue reading Shiphrah and Puah: Midwives who delivered the children of Israel →

The book of Exodus begins this way:Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came, each one with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the people who descended from Jacob were seventy people, but … Continue reading The God who Knows You by Name →

A few weeks ago, I got to speak about what it means to be a woman who loves Jesus, and I told the story of the woman in Mark's gospel who found herself in an awkward position in front of a group of men. Here's a link to listen: https://www.cornerstone.edu/blogs/talking-points/post/pastor-brenda-devries-an-appropriate-identity-mark-143-9