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(Extra)ordinary Women

I WAS LISTENING TO MY FAVORITE Bible podcast when one of the guests—a guy, mind you—pointed out, “You know, it’s the women in the Gospels who get it about Jesus. They’re often the first to really understand who he is.” Wow, I thought, that’s something I’d never noticed before.

I took down my Bible and turned to Luke’s Gospel. Mary is there

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