"Doing the Something We Can Do"
11th Sunday after Pentecost
August 24, 2014
This week we take a look at the beginning of the book of Exodus and the story of the survival of the infant Moses. (You can read by clicking here.) Anyone who's ever gone to Sunday School probably knows it by heart. Moses is placed in a basket in the Nile by his mother to save him from Pharaoh's murderous plot to eliminate every Hebrew baby boy. Moses is fished out of the water downriver by the Pharaoh's daughter and she claims him as her own.
As familiar as the story may be, there are two characters that most of us skip right over. Yet they're as necessary as anyone else in the story for Moses' survival (and arguably more so). They're the two midwives who defy Pharaoh's mandate of infanticide.
What do we know about these two seemingly insignificant women, Shiphrah and Puah? What motivated them to do what they did? And what can they teach us about the power of ordinary people? Join us as we learn a bit more about these two overlooked players in God's daring plan for the liberation of the Israelites and ponder our own part in God's purposes in the world.
See you on Sunday!
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