<p>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.</p>

You Have To Do What? Says Who? | On Obedience, Customs, & Expectations

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.