Single mothers are divine!

In the Bible, God works through unmarried women

Jonathan | sex & theology
Nov 2 · 7 min read

Growing up Evangelical, people seemed to think the phrase “family values” was in the Bible, maybe on every page. They seemed to really think homes with fathers ruling the roost was divine. When I started reading the Bible for myself, I had to laugh.

As far as God is concerned, dads can be kind of dumb.

Jewish spirituality is transmitted through the female, and the narratives are often focused on single mothers battling male powers to raise children into a…

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