Categories: family, christianity
Date: 22 March 2009 00:34:53
Appropriately we are thinking about Women today.
Jesus shocked his contemporaries by showing that He considered women of equal worth to men. His readiness to break down gender barriers and invite women into His circle of followers often offended those around him.
2000 years later, women in some countries are still considered as second-class citizens. If she is a Christian where Christians are in the minority, her life can be very hard - some are kidnapped, raped and forced to marry men of the majority faith. It is difficult to get the authorities to intervene on their behalf.
I have sent my greetings to the Ma-rent for Mothering Sunday. The Pa-rent will be delivering them in person. She is unfortunately back in hospital following a repeat performance of the problem which occured last summer. We think she's sort of OK but she will no doubt be itching to get back to her own domain.