She shared the story of two women in the Bible Shiphrah and Puah who were obscure but who did a great thing, a great work by not being obedient to the evil king and refusing to carry out orders to murder all male babies. In fact, they were very clever about it. The King even approached them personally and asked why they did not do as he ordered. They responded that the Hebrew women give birth before the midwife can even arrive. But they feared God rather than the political rulers of the day and are eventually rewarded for their actions.
The male child in the midwives’ care was Moses and we all know how important he became. He shook up the world and laid a solid foundation for eons and generations to come, a great man of god,charged with leading his people out of the bondage of slavery and a self-imposed wilderness of 40 years. No Christian or Hebrew story is complete without the inclusion of Moses. Here we are now thousands of years into the future with a sermon, a conversation with Moses as crucial subject.
What I liked most about Dr. Stewart’s sermon was how she blended people, freedom fighters and social activists of today with the midwives story and status equating them as midwives as well. She built up the momentum of their importance in a crescendo of vocal recognition at the end of her sermon that by its very nature increased the value and expanded the importance of midwifery while leveling up the playing field so to speak, of obscured heroes in history and our everyday lives. She mentioned a stream of civil rights icons like Dr. King, Medgar Evers, Rosa Parks, Suffragettes, everyday people who do their part and others one by one, building up the value of doing good and being good,helping and saving others like the midwives saved and protected Moses.
Everybody that helps others, that protects others in harm’s way or who speaks out or acts out for justice is a midwife.Those who are overlooked but who are important to God’s plan in contrast to those on the other hand who beat their chests out loud, who may be “talking loud, but saying nothing” (my interjection/not Dr. Stewart’s words)and doing only harm and seeking rewards and self-aggrandizement for their evil, like the King seeking mass execution of male children out of maniacal selfish motives. He was threatened that they might rise up against him one day.
I resonated with the subjects she chose, two women that have as far as I can remember never been mentioned in a sermon let alone been the subject of one. Her sermon demonstrated how the Bible is rich with stories and with hard work and impeccable research you can cast sacred Biblical stories and the characters contained in them in a new light and build upon their spiritual value as she did with Shiphrah and Puah.
Rev. Cynthia Wilson
No Replacement Yet for RBG, Please. Republicans are attempting now to rapidly push through their conservative agenda to appoint a conservative judge to the Supreme Court to replace recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg . Her body is still lying in state. Instead of allowing and condoning the Republicans to behave in this manner, they need to be stayed, stalled and called out. Give the public time to breathe and grieve.
There is no urgency to put this movement in motion prior to the election. The election is less than 60 days away. Give the woman some respect. Not only that, but honor our democratic system and declare a moratorium on any action to appoint a replacement for RBG until after the election. They really are coming off rather ghoulishly, demonstrating no decency or respect for such a great woman widely admired by the American public, especially many women.
On the other hand, the Republican leaders at the President’s behest may be doing the Democrats a favor by belittling themselves in pushing so swiftly for a confirmation. Polls have been conducted which indicate that a majority percentage of men and women alike favor the nomination and confirmation process be conducted after the presidential election has been held in November.
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This years’s Emmys telecast was a real class act. Jimmy Kimmel did a great job as host. I thought they went the extra creative mile using cars to get the award trophies out to the awardees fast and with lot’s of buzz. The focus on voting and getting out the vote was a lot of fun to watch and kept momentum up throughout the broadcast.
It was notable the number of blacks winning Emmys this year in categories across the board. Regina King and her show “The Watchmen” was a big winner, picking up awards for Outstanding limited series and acting trophies for her and Yahya Abdul-Mateen III. Tyler Perry had a big night as he was honored with an introduction by friend and fellow billionaire media icon Oprah as a recipient of the Governor’s award which recognizes extraordinary or cumulative accomplishments in television. You could almost hear a pin drop(figuratively speaking) when he gave an engaging and sensitive speech about his grandmother, the black experience in America and how thrilled she would have been to see him receive his Emmy. Zendaya a young black woman won for her role in “Euphoria” and became the youngest in Emmy history to win in the category of best leading actress in a drama. Other winners included Uzo Aduba of Orange is the New Black fame for her supporting actress role in Mrs. America. Maya Rudolph and Eddie Murphy won Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress on a comedy show— Saturday Night Live. Also, Ru Paul’s series won Emmys in two reality categories.
Schitts Creek which addresses humorously LGBT life won a record nine(9) Emmys in the comedy genre. HBO drama series about a business tycoon and his relationship with family, Succession garnered several awards including Best actor and Best drama. For a complete list of nominees and winners please go to any of your television entertainment magazines or blogs. I tried to provide a link. But my link forwarding apparatus is currently malfunctioning.
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