S5E7: "An Uncommon Fairytale" with Christine Fox Parker

03/03/21 • 44 min

S5E7: Hosea - An Uncommon Fairytale
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
PreacHer Podcast
PreacHer: Christine Fox Parker

Summary: The book of Hosea has long been one of my favorite stories. The first three chapters especially--though dark and haunting--contain the most beautiful story of love ever. It is not the story of Hosea loving Gomer despite her prostitution. Rather, it is God loving me despite mine. It is the timeless story of the persons and people of God believing themselves to be faithful to YHWH even as we chase false lovers and the unremitting steadfast commitment of YHWH to the bride.

Resources + Social Media Handles:

PorchSwing Ministries, Inc.
Reach out to Christine: [email protected]
All of Jen Hale Christy’s Links

What to do next:

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Sarah P, Lauren R, Dave H, Steve G, Sheila B, Tom B

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S5E7: Hosea - An Uncommon Fairytale
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
PreacHer Podcast
PreacHer: Christine Fox Parker

Resources + Social Media Handles:

PorchSwing Ministries, Inc.
Reach out to Christine: [email protected]
All of Jen Hale Christy’s Links

What to do next:

Shouts of gratitude to our patron partners!

Sarah P, Lauren R, Dave H, Steve G, Sheila B, Tom B

Support the show

Previous Episode

S5E6: “Oh, that I knew where I might find God” with Dr. Naomi Walters

S5E6: “Oh, that I knew where I might find God” with Dr. Naomi Walters

Wednesday, August 5, 2020
PreacHer Podcast
PreacHer: Dr. Naomi Walters

Summary: What is the relationship between doubt and faith? Although common use of these concepts pits them as opposites, the story of Job in the Hebrew Bible gives us another way to think about it. In so doing, it frees us all to live with God more honestly, for the sake of ourselves and the world.

Resources + Social Media Handles:

Naomi on FB
Naomi on IG
Rochester University’s Department of Theology and Ministry, where Naomi is Chair
All of Jen Hale Christy’s Links

What to do next:

Shouts of gratitude to our patron partners!

Sarah P, Lauren R, Mark F, Dave H, Steve G, Sheila B, Tom B

Support the show

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S5E8: "It's Not Fair" with Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Saturday, May 8, 2021
PreacHer Podcast
PreacHer: Dr. Jen Hale Christy

Summary: God tells Jonah to go. And the funny thing is, when you think about modern-day missionaries, they have a really hard time getting funding to go to places that may not be receptive. But with Jonah--he knows that they’ll turn from their ways, that they’ll repent and want to come back to YHWH. There’s no question in his mind that they’ll accept his message. He just doesn’t want to deliver it. It’s not fair. Why should they be forgiven and allowed back in?

Resources + Social Media Handles:

All of Jen Hale Christy’s Links
Questions for Consideration & Conversation:
- Share about a time in your life when you felt passionate that justice needed to be served in the form of punishment and it was carried out.
  - What happened?
  - How did you feel about the outcome?
  - Can you speak to the response of the accused--how they responded to the outcome?
- Share about a time in your life when you felt passionate that justice needed to be served in the form of punishment and it was not carried out.
  - What happened?
  - How did you feel about the outcome?
  - Can you speak to the response of the accused--how they responded to the outcome?
- Share about a time in your life when you deserved a punishment (retributive justice) but instead received grace (reconciliatory justice).
  - What happened?
  - How did you feel about the outcome?
  - How did it affect you as a person?
  - What effect, if any, did it have on your faith?
  - What effect did it have on your relationship(s) in an immediate or long-term sense? (could be relationships with people involved or not)
- Are there circumstances where retributive justice is justified or is the best course of action? Please explain.
- Share about a current real-life situation or something that you could realistically face in the near future where you will have a choice to make regarding how “justice will be served.”
  - In light of this conversation, how do you think you will proceed?