Healing Jephthah's Daughters

This week, Lisa invites listeners to consider the value of knowing our parents' stories and how adulthood (read, parenthood) can give wounded children clarity and perspective to understand the challenging components of their parents' actions and expectations. The discussion includes four conversation partners: Rev. Adriene Thorne, Rev. Dionne Boissiere, Rev. Dr. P. Kimberleigh Jordan, and Rev. Leander W. Hardaway.

This week, Lisa is joined by Rev. Dionne Boissiere, Rev. Adriene Thorne, and Rev. Dr. P. Kimberleigh Jordan for a conversation about childhood memories, their fathers’ stories, the impact of parenting, the imprint of parenting, and how these things have shaped them.  

It the friend episode! This week, Lisa Weaver is joined by two of her closest friends - Rev. Adriene Thorne and Rev. Dionne Patrice Boissière - for a conversation about the expectations that are placed on women and how they can be death-dealing.

This week, Lisa explores the role of beliefs and customs in shaping our behavior.

This week, Lisa Weaver is joined by Professor Yolanda Norton, Hebrew Bible scholar, and creator of the Beyoncé Mass, a womanist worship experience. Lisa and Yolanda explain why Mizpah, a fortified military city in the Ancient Near East, should have been a safe space for Jephthah's Daughter. They also delve into the social customs of the day and why some may choose not to fool with Jephthah and his promise to God.

This week's episode features a comprehensive reading of Judges 11 by a few HJD listeners, a creative retelling of the the story of Jephthah's daughter, a lesson from Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon (1950-2018), and a brief moment of gratitude for George Floyd and Darnella Frazier.

Books by Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon:

• Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community
• Womanist Theological Ethics: A Reader (with Dr. Emilie Townes)
• Teaching Preaching: Isaac Rufus Clark and Black Sacred Rhetoric