Women Disciples: Where Your Faith Meets Movement

Jenn Smith Chen

Category: Women in the Bible

11 Dec
New Testament Women in the Bible

Mary: From Worship to Steady Faith

by Jenn Smith Chen
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The best Christmas joke that has been circulating for some time is a critique of the song, “Mary, Did You Know?” The beloved song has...
03 Dec
New Testament Women in the Bible

Mary: A Promise Fulfilled

by Jenn Smith Chen
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A young, honorable, brown teenager lived on her ancestor’s land that was occupied by the most powerful government in the world at the time. Mary...
16 Apr
Jesus Ministry Women in Ministry Women in the Bible

“Rabboni!”: A Life of Closeness and Calling

by Jenn Smith Chen
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In the darkness before the dawn makes way for sight, Mary Magdalene journeyed towards Jesus’ tomb. Not only was she one of the few who...
09 Apr
Discipleship Jesus New Testament Women in the Bible

Women—Disciples to the End

by Jenn Smith Chen
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Unremitting darkness. Loud lies repeating in your mind. Truth evasive. Hate heaped. Love removed. Catch your breath. But no. Relentless. No way out. No. Hope....
20 Feb
Church Jesus Women in the Bible

Crossing the Line with Jesus

by Jenn Smith Chen
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Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” […] The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a...
26 Dec
New Testament Women in Ministry Women in the Bible

The Women of Christmas: Anna

by Jenn Smith Chen
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As a young child, I remember learning about the Christmas prophetic pair in the Gospel of Luke, Simon and Anna. Both were elated at Jesus’...
19 Dec
New Testament Women in the Bible

The Women of Christmas: Elizabeth

by Jenn Smith Chen
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The most common pregnancy is an unplanned one. Or at least it seems that way, especially when you’re trying for a baby, and others get...
12 Dec
New Testament Women in the Bible

The Women of Christmas: Mary

by Jenn Smith Chen
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I twisted a lone strand of hay as I knelt beside the manger. In a role without lines, I played one of the most important...
12 Aug
Women in the Bible

Who Are the Women in the Bible?

by Jenn Smith Chen
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I am convinced that the American church is not familiar enough with the many talented, called, powerful women found within the pages of our most...
08 Aug
Women in Ministry Women in the Bible

Interview with Natalia Kohn Rivera, co-author of Hermanas

by Jenn Smith Chen
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How did you and your co-authors select the women to write about in Hermanas? Do you have a favorite woman in the Bible? We took...