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Three Steps to Change Your Life: Lessons from Rahab
Posted on Monday, August 8th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Boaz, Carol McClain, James 2:17, Jesse, Jewish Women's Archive, Joshua 2, King David, Matthew 1:5, powerful women, prostitution, Rahab, redemption, Salmon, Shalvi/Hyman encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Writing Redemption
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgivable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No little girl–or boy–decides as a child, “I’ll be a prostitute.” What forces one into this lifestyle? Drugs? Abuse? Poverty? They say this is the oldest profession, and indeed, we read about prostitutes …[ read more ]

The Purpose of Suffering
Carol McClain I love stained glass. Whenever I post a picture, swarms of friends beg for lessons. They never count the cost. How to make stained glass: Choose the glass. The process begins with a nice, but uninteresting, unrefined product. Take a sharp blade. Cut and break the glass according to the pattern. Be sure to have bandaids on hand. You will cut yourself. Grind the glass. No matter how careful you are, the piece won't fit perfectly, so you need to grind. Again, keep the bandaids on hand. Wash the glass. Foil the glass. Before you foil, you may… ...[ full story ]

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