Jillian Reay-Smith
Be a Martha
Martha, Martha, Martha. She gets a bad rap. She is perhaps most famous for the story told in Luke 10 of what happened when Jesus visited...
Tamie Davis
Hebrew Midwives
Imagine you are a Hebrew midwife in Exodus 1. The king of Egypt tells you that every time you deliver a baby boy, you are to kill him....
Jeanette Fogarty (Guest Post)
An Exegetical Look at 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
This is a strange, hair-raising, passage. Certainly a challenging bit of Scripture, but one that I think helps us to appreciate Paul’s...
Mary Elizabeth Fisher
Easter: Announcing New Creation Through Genesis Echoes
I love Genesis. It depicts the beginning of a revolutionary unveiling. A slow interpersonal unveiling of the ordered nature of the...
Bronwen Speedie
We Are Women
We are women Walking in the spirit of Abigail Unafraid to use our intelligence and resources To protect those who depend on us And to...
Bronwen Speedie
Mary, Did You Know?
Parenthood is a (presumably lifelong) state of wishing and hoping, what-ifs and wondering. It starts with pregnancy. What if something...
Bronwen Speedie
Easter Women – A Resurrection Sunday Reflection
* This is not by any means an exegetical piece. It is more in the nature of a fictitious retelling of the events of Friday and Sunday...
Michael Jensen
The Apostle to the Apostles: In Defence of Mary Magdalene
It was still dark when she came to the tomb. We can imagine the knot of grief in her stomach as she walked along. Perhaps she woke that...
Jacqueline Grey
Models of Women’s Leadership in the Bible
When searching for models of women leaders, the most obvious place to begin for many Christian readers is the Bible. Throughout its pages...
Tamie Davis
Jephthah’s slain daughter, and the God of life
One of my son’s favourite picture books is ‘The Paper Bag Princess’. I think he mainly likes it because of the dragon in it, but I like...
