Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
She is an imagined character, but she was surely there, a midwife to help the young Mary give birth to her first baby.
What if the midwife was local to Bethlehem?
What if she had already helped the aging Elizabeth give birth to her one and only child?
Even though the character is imagined, there is historical material throughout this episode.
I lose my accent somewhere in the middle--oops!--and this was originally presented on a Sunday morning at my church, and I spoke too loud for the mic right in the first minute of the presentation, but after that, everything settled down, and we all had fun with it,
I hope you enjoy it, too.
Brought to you by Grace and Peace Joanne, LLC
Grace and Peace Joanne on YouTube (youtube.com/@GraceandPeaceJoanne)
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
Grace and Peace, Joanne Website (graceandpeacejoanne.com/)
Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view
Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
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She is an imagined character, but she was surely there, a midwife to help the young Mary give birth to her first baby.
What if the midwife was local to Bethlehem?
What if she had already helped the aging Elizabeth give birth to her one and only child?
Even though the character is imagined, there is historical material throughout this episode.
I lose my accent somewhere in the middle--oops!--and this was originally presented on a Sunday morning at my church, and I spoke too loud for the mic right in the first minute of the presentation, but after that, everything settled down, and we all had fun with it,
I hope you enjoy it, too.
Brought to you by Grace and Peace Joanne, LLC
Grace and Peace Joanne on YouTube (youtube.com/@GraceandPeaceJoanne)
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
Grace and Peace, Joanne Website (graceandpeacejoanne.com/)
Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view
Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
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![Miriam
#BibleStudy #Miriam #Prophetess #Exodus #BookofExodus #Leprosy #Moses #Aaron #Bible #BrokenSearchingTrustedPowerful
As the book of Exodus opens, life was bitter for the Hebrew people. They were treated harshly and cruelly, dreaded by the Egyptians who enslaved them. Only two sympathetic midwives stood between the Hebrew baby boys and death, and now came Pharaoh’s edict to all Egyptians – throw the Hebrew baby boys into the sacred Nile. It was a risky time, an awful time, to bring a child into the world.
Yet that is just what happened in Miriam’s family.
Our stories shape us. What we experience, and how we interpret what we experience, shapes how we see the world, see ourselves, and what we’re going to do try to survive and even thrive. And Miriam’s story shaped her as well, as
I Protector, Exodus 1:15-2:10
II Prophet, Exodus 15:19–21, Micah 6:4
III Purified, Numbers 12:1-16, 20:1
Miriam’s life can teach us that even when you and I do not see it,
the Lord is always there, working for the good of God’s beloved.
Each person has a calling from God, and matters to God.
“Counsel [motives] in a person’s heart is deep water; but a person of understanding draws it out.” Proverbs 20:5 (CSB)
I think Miriam’s story also shows us how trauma can warp us in ways we might not even realize, until God draws out what has been festering within. In God’s wisdom, Miriam experienced both the pain of exposure, and the deep and abiding joy of healing, restoration, and reconciliation.
We don’t hear much about Miriam after her bout with leprosy, but I think it is because she was now fully right with God, and her ministry now had shalom, that healthful, fruitful, wholeness that comes from God.
Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
The Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock. Miriam](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EhLg48o7w9A/mqdefault.jpg)

![Season 2, Time of the Matriarchs: BONUS, The Example of Sarah, 1 Peter 3
#1Peter3 #Hupotasso #AbrahamandSarah #ChristianWives #ChristianHusbands
Peter enjoined Christian wives married to men who did not share their faith to live in a [Godfearing] pure manner of life in the same way Jesus did, using Jesus’ life as the example for their own. By doing so, their husbands—who were not believing or obeying the Word (logos) might be won over without a word.
Peter offered some practical ways to live honorably, by making their transformed life their chief “adornment” rather than their jewels, fine clothing, and costly hair styles. Now, Peter would point to Sarah, the founding matriarch of the Jewish people, as a fine example of what he was seeking to describe.
Peter then turned to Christian husbands married to unbelieving ways and told them to do all in the same way Peter had instructed Christian wives.
In researching this post, I turned to the insightful work of Bruce C. E. Fleming in his book “Familiar Leadership Heresies Uncovered.” He also provides a deep dive into these verses in workshops found on the YouTube channel Tru316 Project Genesis 3:16 and beyond.
To see the YouTube presentation, click 1 Peter 3, Example of Sarah (https://youtu.be/dTfz49UaBL8)
Brought to you by Grace and Peace Joanne, LLC
Grace and Peace Joanne on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@GraceandPeaceJoanne)
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.
Grace and Peace, Joanne Website (https://graceandpeacejoanne.com/)
Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view
Books by Joanne
Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful (https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref as_li_ss_tl)
Love Feast (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref as_li_ss_tl)
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