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Below is a conversation between Lucy, a contemporary woman, and Jochebed, a woman from the Bible’s Old Testament. Both women “lost” infants they “gave up” for “adoption” due to the exceptional circumstances of their lives. Lucy’s story is based on a true story of a mother releasing her son for adoption.
As Lucy strolled along the river’s edge, head down, pondering the birth of her six-year-old son and his placement for adoption three days after his birth, she came upon a teary-eyed woman sitting on the riverbank. Her peaceful expression belied the sorrow told by the tears washing her cheeks.
Lucy knelt beside the woman, rose on her heels and slowly, solemnly, reached her arms towards her.
A soul-depth communication transpired between the women as one of the woman’s calloused, wrinkled hands reached for Lucy’s smoother extended hand. Lucy responded by wrapping an arm around her thin shoulder. Both seemed empowered by the water flowing by them.
Lucy softly broke into their reverie. “I knew you’d be here, Jochebed.”
“I come here often. The water…comforts me…it was the safest place to put Moses…it…it was a fate (more…)
We welcome you this day to our regular gathering in honor of Jesus. A controversial figure, a revolutionary, He died on the cross just over two weeks ago. Today we will celebrate His life.
WAIT—WE INTERRUPT THIS GATHERING FOR BREAKING NEWS FROM JERUSALEM! THERE ARE FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JESUS FROM JOSEPH’S TOMB!
The strange events surrounding this man seem to be continuing. Jesus’ followers, praising and blessing God, have entered the temple. Indications are they will remain there until they receive something undefined, some special power they claim is to be sent to them by the missing man.
Reporters, including HWJR-FM radio (How Would Jesus Respond—First Millennium) reporter Ramsey Khalil, reported earlier that the soldiers who were guarding the tomb claim that Jesus’ body is missing.
Sources leaked to Khalil information that after (more…)
Genesis provides two human creation stories. In Genesis 1 God creates humans, male and female, to be fruitful and multiply. The Genesis 2 version relates it a little differently—Adam is created first and then Eve is created from his rib.
Which ever way we read the Scripture, either as man and woman being created as equal partners or the man being created first and the woman second, we have a sense that God puts married couples together to be a team, a team that is challenged to be fruitful and multiply. The marriage of Aquila and Priscilla is an example of a relationship that personifies teamwork.
Below is a radio script my husband Monte and I presented while living in Connellsville, PA.
Tom: Aquila and Priscilla—they’re a couple that doesn’t get a lot of publicity, but they are mentioned in a number of places as a team.
Sue: The names sort of rhyme, don’t they? A rhyming pair of names like that ought (more…)
This five-minute radio script my husband and I was presented in Connellsville, PA., while he was serving as pastor of a church in that community.
Moderator: Sarah and Abraham were among God’s faithful servants. Abraham, because of his faith, was to be the father of nations, although he was childless. He was viewed as a father figure—dignified, firm in his faith, humane and respected by local rulers wherever he went.
Then God told Abraham: “Leave your home and travel (to continue reading this script click on ABRAHAM, SARAH, HAGAR and sons ISHMAEL and ISAAC )
This is the most read of the posts I have written, read 680 times in just over a year. It has also received the most comments:
Anonymous:
Technically, Abraham was not (more…)
