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Healing from shame

Healing from shame

‘Daisy’ came from the Middle East to be married in a Western nation. Her husband and his family were abusive, and her husband ended up in jail. Although Daisy had…

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Explaining purity

Explaining purity

I brought up how the food laws were to help set God's people apart as a 'holy' people, and how they had the ritual of circumcision as a sign for…

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Practices of faith and menses

Practices of faith and menses

I asked my friend/language helper this afternoon about what she likes about Ramadan, especially the last 10 days and what they mean to her. She spoke about the multiplication of…

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Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes

Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes

Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World by E.Randolph Richards and Richard James IVP Academic, 2020 Reviewed by Moyra Dale   The book is…

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Mothers

Mothers

On Mother’s Day this past year, a group of Muslim and Christian women met to discuss... mothers. No surprise there. We met on a Saturday afternoon to talk about the…

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Covered Glory: The face of honour and shame in the Muslim World

Covered Glory: The face of honour and shame in the Muslim World

Book Review: Covered Glory: The face of honour and shame in the Muslim World Title of Book: Covered Glory: The face of honour and shame in the Muslim World Author:…

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Life without a home

Life without a home

What does it mean to be a woman on the refugee trail? It almost sounds like an adventure when we write it like that, the refugee trail. To speak this…

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Missing the mark

Missing the mark

Sin is the usual starting point for the message of the good news of God’s love for us all. We quickly go back to the first time humankind broke relationship…

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Malachi: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase

Malachi: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase

Title of Book: Malachi: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase Author: Jayson Georges Published: Time Press, 2019 Reviewer: C. Hine Malachi is the fifth book or section of Scripture to be paraphrased by…

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