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The patron saint of in-between things
Having grown up as a Black-mixed kid, I can relate to Moses’ upbringing as not quite Hebrew and not quite Egyptian.
How the midwives Shiphrah and Puah mock the violence of empire
They use Pharaoh’s tools to dismantle oppression.
by Kat Armas
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
by Isaac S. Villegas
When the privileged and the helpless are called into holy conspiracy
by Liddy Barlow
Walking with Moses from slavery to liberation
When Moses says “keep still,” he’s not recommending inactivity.
by Brian Bantum
Delivered through the waters
The Red Sea, the baptistery, and the birth canal
by Rachel Marie Stone
By Kristin M. Swenson
The Hebrew midwives were poised to receive the future that God had promised.