June 21, 2010: When we fail to speak up…

Posted on : Jun 21st, 2010 | By office | Category: Bread for the Journey

Not all the stories in Scripture about women are uplifting or empowering. Many are sad, some even horrifying. One such case is the story of Jephthah’s unnamed daughter. A story of blaming the victim, a story of a vulnerable person being sacrificed for so-called pious reasons, a story about a complacent community failing to act in the face of injustice. We find this unnamed girl’s story in Judges 11. short term investments homely.