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:<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3v5mR07" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3auFhzs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Womanist Theological Ethics: A Reader </a>(with Dr. Emilie Townes)</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3gtamHJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Teaching Preaching: Isaac Rufus Clark and Black Sacred Rhetoric</a></li></ul>

Life in Mizpah | Unsafe in the Safety Zone

Jephthah is a biblical character who made a short-sighted promise that resulted in the murder of his daughter. Jephthah’s daughter paid the price for his seeming lack of wisdom and maturity. Today, so many daughters, so many fathers, replay this story like a syndicated episode of a 1990s sitcom. In Healing Jephthah’s Daughters, The Reverend Lisa M. Weaver, Ph.D., deploys family systems theory, biblical criticism, and storytelling to explore the childhood traumas women and girls experience at the hands of their fathers - and, at times, their guardians more broadly.  Utilizing Judges 11 as a starting point, Lisa guides listeners on a journey from pain toward living a free, healed, and whole life.