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 ...
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Healing Is Not A Linear Process. The Work Continues.
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In this episode, Lisa concludes the first season of Healing Jephthah's Daughters with a brief reflection on the healing journey so far accented by a few of our favorite moments from the first ten episodes. Lisa also offers a few invitations to help you continue your healing journey in the days and weeks to come. Season 2 will premiere in Fall 2021 …
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Grieving Is Not A Gendered Experience | On Grief & Being A Parent
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OVERVIEW This episode engages the following questions: What is grief? Is grieving a gendered experience? What is the difference between instrumental and intuitive grief? What is the relationship between grief and blame? What does Jephthah teach us about grief? GUESTS The Reverend Darryl Owens is the Chaplain and Grief Counselor for Women at the Uni…
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No More Cheeks to Turn | An HJD and THSP Mashup
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This week, Lisa welcomes Brandon T. Maxwell and Katie Ricks from TheoLab Media's flagship podcast, The Holy Shit Pod, for a conversation about the Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin documentaries, Joe Biden's long-term commitment to ending violence against women, and how churches can help end cycles of violence Subscribe to The Holy Shit Pod: https://…
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What Happened to Him? | Complicating Fatherhood, Understanding Jephthah
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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 Boiss…
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Telling Our Stories | Four Daughters Talk About Their Dads
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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.By TheoLab Media
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What We Learn, How We Live: Learning to Reposition and Reorient
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This week, Lisa continues last week’s conversation with the Reverends Dionne Boissiere and Adriene Thorne. Part two of the dialogue explores the complicated relationship between expectations and exercising one's agency. Check out the healing resources referenced in this episode: Bad Girls of the Bible: Exploring Women of Questionable Virtue | Barba…
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Expectations & the Expendability of Women (Girl, Don't Wake Up Dead!)
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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.By TheoLab Media
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You Have To Do What? Says Who? | On Obedience, Customs, & Expectations
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This week, Lisa explores the role of beliefs and customs in shaping our behavior.By TheoLab Media
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Life in Mizpah | Unsafe in the Safety Zone
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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…
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Reading Judges 11 | What Katie Cannon Taught Me About Telling Women's Stories
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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 …
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Why This Story? | Stumbling Upon Jephthah's Daughter
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In today's episode, Lisa introduces the HJD podcast by sharing a narrative glimpse into her own story and reading a portion of Judges 11 (the story of Jephthah's daughter). The episode also includes a conversation with Katie Ricks from the THSP pod by TheoLab Media that offers helpful context on the origins of the HJD podcast.…
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