A whole bevy of women choose to creatively subvert the powers of death, risking their own lives, for the sake of choosing life. Shiprah and Puah - the midwives who bravely deliver life in defiance of the king, Jochabed - the mother and master basket-weaver who becomes a nursemaid to her own child, a sister protectrix who craftily executes a brilliant family-saving plan, a daughter of a king who says yes to the babe before her, inextricably weaving her life with those whom her empire oppresses. This is the birth of a baby and the birth of a people who will, together, stand on holy ground in God’s life-giving, liberating, power-subverting presence.

Sermon begins at minute marker 9:15

Exodus 1.8-14 - 2:10; 3.1-15

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• Hymn: VT 740, Words & Music, Daniel Iverson, 1929; © 1935, 1963 Birdwing Music and BWG Songs, Inc.  Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from CCLI #23488. All rights reserved.