I really like this new book by Amy Peeler, Women and the Gender of God. She discusses women and gender and God in a way that includes theology and Bible and gender studies, not just Bible. And she talks a lot about Mary, who deserves more attention for anyone studying women and gender in the Bible. I don’t have a verse count but is there any woman in the entire Bible [correction: New Testament] talked about more than Mary? (Don’t ask Protestants because they don’t know. Or at least most of them don’t.)
I was reading Amy’s chapter, “Minister” tonight. When I came to the section discussing Mary’s “soul”, I was reminded of a video done by, I believe, the National Organization of Biblical Storytellers, or it could have been a project done for another organization. Anyway, Tom Boomershine was a big part of it. There was a video done with Mary’s annunciation, greeting Elizabeth, and her song. The song and symbols in the video were, what I would call, very soulful. The heart making music. That’s part of what I was alluding to in my previous comment. We have Mary more than fulfilling a role, but living her life as-it-was from the song her heart was singing.
We get a great peak inside a true mother-son relationship. We don’t quite know how to give Mary and Jesus that human realism.
Unfortunately, the Bible doesn’t have any photos of Mary giving Jesus “the look.”
We don’t have a video of the reunion at the Temple, tears and all. Once more, Amy leads us, hopefully, to expand our faith-imagination about the incarnation. Spiritual realities. Thank you!
I was reading Amy’s chapter, “Minister” tonight. When I came to the section discussing Mary’s “soul”, I was reminded of a video done by, I believe, the National Organization of Biblical Storytellers, or it could have been a project done for another organization. Anyway, Tom Boomershine was a big part of it. There was a video done with Mary’s annunciation, greeting Elizabeth, and her song. The song and symbols in the video were, what I would call, very soulful. The heart making music. That’s part of what I was alluding to in my previous comment. We have Mary more than fulfilling a role, but living her life as-it-was from the song her heart was singing.
We get a great peak inside a true mother-son relationship. We don’t quite know how to give Mary and Jesus that human realism.
Unfortunately, the Bible doesn’t have any photos of Mary giving Jesus “the look.”
We don’t have a video of the reunion at the Temple, tears and all. Once more, Amy leads us, hopefully, to expand our faith-imagination about the incarnation. Spiritual realities. Thank you!