Self-centered : They naturally believe their needs and wants should come first. Resilient : They are able to recover quickly from setbacks. (ie: irrepressible) Full of energy : They keep going, and going, and going. They need all these qualities to grow up, which is hard work! These qualities make them: Valuable: They have great importance… Read More My children are…
I am pretty lazy. That might be a bombshell for everyone but my mother and a few sisters. I hide it well. But I notice my lazy streak flaring up in my daughter. She takes the easiest route. She leaves things half done. She does her work as quick as she can (translation: poorly and messy) so… Read More A little confession
The Chosen Twelve condemned/judged/ended the old era of Israel, but their teaching also built the foundation of the Global Church. But in this role, their number, nationality or gender is no longer significant. How can I say this beyond a shadow of a doubt? Because the old was gone, and the new has come. Jesus insists we don’t pour our new wine back into the old wineskins. (Matthew 9) The church is new wine, folks! Patriarchy and male-based religion based on circumcision and exclusion is an old wineskin, and we must burst those weak constraints.… Read More Why Twelve Men?
These men were chosen to mark the END of Israel’s time, and to be an eyewitness to the finale of God’s promise to Israel: the fulfillment of Messiah. Hence, there is a numerical symbolism at play. As twelve Jewish males, they were symbolic for the twelve tribes and their partriarchial heads.… Read More The Twelve were male.
Proverbs 31:1-9 is a collection of the King Lemuel’s favorite sayings. It reads like a catechism of simple truths. Three things I find interesting. The gender of the author. The meaning of chayil. The emphasis on compassion and mediation, namely the use of pain killers. The Golden Book Encyclopedia, Book 10. 1959. 933. Who taught the… Read More A Woman Made Me Say It
Kay Bonikowsky 