Today is Saturday, the day before Easter, and I’m wondering what Saturday was like for the women disciples of Jesus two thousand years ago who had just experienced the unthinkable. Their Lord, this amazing teacher whom they believed was the Messiah (Christ), the Son of God, the Hope of Israel—this man […]
Tag: Jesus
Risky Business
What do the following have in common? – Reaching out in a crowd to touch a rabbi’s robe, even though it will make him ceremonially unclean. – Waltzing into a house full of hostile religious leaders who all know about your immoral past. – Sacrificing a year’s worth of wages […]
All the Single Ladies
Despite all our best efforts, the number of single adults in the U.S. now nearly equals the number of married adults. Just under half of those single people are women. Women today are single for a variety of reasons. Some are completing their education and getting established in a career before […]
Mexico, Samaria, and Some Honest Self-Reflection
Read an excerpt from the Bible study lesson on the Samaritan woman at the well. This summer once again I found myself halfway up a mountainside overlooking the beautiful Bahía Todos Santos—the Bayof All Saints—enjoying a view many Americans would pay a premium for. I wasn’t staying at a seaside […]
An Outrageously Extravagant Gift for Jesus
Welcome to the first entry of The Gentle Savior blog! About once a week I’ll be posting reflections and musings here about the interactions between Jesus and women described in the Gospels. I hope this blog will be a place where we can ask questions of each other and of […]