The Bible’s Supporting Players: Tamar
Kathy Coffey
February 17, 2024
If it sounds like this Canaanite woman was a piece of meat bought at the marketplace, read on: It gets worse.
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Kathy Coffey, mother of four, authored Hidden Women of the Gospels and Women of Mercy (Orbis). She gives many retreats and workshops; her favorite is a mother-daughter retreat.
The Bible’s Supporting Players: The Canaanite Woman
Kathy Coffey
February 17, 2024
This New Testament mother could be the patron saint for Women Who Speak Up.
The Bible’s Supporting Players: Rahab
Kathy Coffey
February 17, 2024
Only four Old Testament women are named in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus (1:1-17), so these must be special great-great-grandmothers.
Sending Compassion
Kathy Coffey
February 13, 2024
Bryan Stevenson, an African-American, Harvard-trained attorney, writes: “The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion… “
No Plan B
Kathy Coffey
February 3, 2024
Some don’t want to hear that the material world is sacred, because they’d rather exploit it. But scientists have sent a clear wake-up call.
Heritage for Children?
Kathy Coffey
January 17, 2024
Climate change dovetails with other social justice issues because it has the worst effects on the poorest
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