Sunday's sermon begins a summer preaching series in which we reflect on some of the minor characters in the biblical texts. In fact, there are still a few weeks open, so if you have a minor character you want to hear more about, let me know. We begin with Miriam.
As you may recall, Miriam was Moses' sister. I have also been working on my sister's memorial service this week, which I suspect made the sister stuff stand out more. I find it powerful to imagine Miriam standing out of sight as she sees Pharoah's daughter find her brother Moses and decide to keep him. I wonder how that memory impacted her through her life.
I read an author recently who likened this story to Israel's resurrection story (http://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian/Resurrection-Another-Name-John-Holbert-04-11-2014), which has some interesting parallels.
Miriam is also the one who turns against Moses in the wilderness (Numbers 12).
Not sure yet where this sermon is headed.
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