by Mary Jane Chaignot

Description: This seminar discusses the significance of Hagar and Sarah from Genesis. Even though Hagar was a foreigner among God's people, she received promises similar to Abraham's. She was the only Old Testament woman who experienced a theophany, and it happened to her twice. She also was the recipient of a promise of land and of many descendants. We must remember this. She was not an Israelite; she was not a man. Yet God made the promises to her -- a non-Israelite, a woman. (AUDIO: 1 hour 17 minutes)

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LCMC003

by Mary Jane Chaignot

Description: This seminar discusses the significance of Rebekah, Leah and Rachel from Genesis. It is Rebekah who insures the transmission of God's promises; Rebekah is the link between Abraham and his descendants. Generally, in a patriarchal society that honor should have gone to her husband, Isaac. But let's read her story. Given some very difficult circumstances, she was the one who was supremely obedient in seeing that God's decree would be fulfilled. (AUDIO: 1 hour 18 minutes)

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LCMC004

by Mary Jane Chaignot

Description: Imagine what it's like to have four mothers and twelve brothers! Dinah is not a matriarch, in any sense of the word. She does not marry; she does not accompany a husband to God's promised land. So who is she, and what can be said about her life? Dinah's family thought for her, acted for her, kidnapped her, and killed for her. She is silent throughout. Hers is a sorry story where someone controls every aspect of her life. Still the lessons from Dinah are profound. (AUDIO: 1 hour 13 minutes)

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LCMC005

by Mary Jane Chaignot

Description: If there was ever a biblical story that exemplified the refrain, "And they all lived happily ever after," it would be the book of Ruth. Ruth is only four chapters long, and by everyone’s standards, it is a delightful little story that warms the reader's heart. It might be history’s first love story. But if that’s all we get out of this account, then we’ve settled for a sorry and superficial reading of the book. Ruth is so much more than a simple love story. Some think the main purpose of the story was to provide connections between the patriarchs and David -- showing that the divine force that was leading the patriarchs was also at work in David's ancestry. In other words, this book has a political agenda. Others think the author intended to rebut the nationalism imposed by Ezra and Nehemiah. Maybe so.
But the reality is that Ruth highlights the personal qualities of David's great-grandmother not his great-grandfather. It is very much a woman's story, and it is told from a woman's perspective. It has a lot to say about God and how God worked in the lives of these two women to accomplish His goals. (AUDIO: 2 hours 9 minutes)

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LCMC008

by Mary Jane Chaignot

Description: Shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christians began writing all sorts of books.  Some recorded the words and works of Jesus.  Others focused on the words and works of the apostles.  Some wrote letters; some wrote prophetic revelations; some of the authors claimed to be eyewitnesses.  Some of them claimed to be the apostles that were with Jesus.   But some writings were written by anonymous authors who claimed to be an apostle, or Paul, or someone else.
One of the stories from the Acts of Paul is about a disciple named Thecla, who was highly influential in early Christianity, based on several statements made about her by early church fathers.  Of Thecla they have said: “she was venerated from the shores of the Caspian almost to the shores of the Atlantic.”  Yet, we know nothing about her.
Since about 1980, scholars have been very interested in Thecla. Women scholars have said that, even if her life was completely fictional, it is so significant that in the second-century among Paul’s disciples, a woman could be teaching and evangelizing on her own.   And it is also possible that her story illustrates how women who chose to go against the grain by not marrying or getting engaged or staying married to unbelievers might have contributed to the growing animosity between early Christian groups and Greco-Roman society. There is no doubt that Thecla, with Paul's blessing, was a missionary in her own right.  As it is, people are only beginning to look at Thecla’s life and influence.  And maybe someday, Thecla will be a household name once again.  (AUDIO: 1 hour 5 minutes)

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LCMC003

by Christa Kreutz

Description: How did the anonymous penitent in the Gospel of Luke (chapter 7) become associated with Jesus’ disciple, Mary Magdalene? What clues do the gospels, along with the 2nd century text, The Gospel of Mary, give about Mary and her role in developing Christianity?  What inspiration can we learn from Mary’s actions? (AUDIO: 1 hour 3 minutes)

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LCKR002

by Christa Kreutz

Description: Women play prominent and significant roles in each of the gospels, yet each gospel presents them a little differently. How do they contrast and compare and what is the message from each of these gospels? We will look at the different presentations of Jesus’ mother, the anointing women, the foreign women, and the women followers of Jesus. Each gospel has a unique lesson to teach us through these women. (AUDIO: 55 minutes)

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LCKR003