Tag: prophet elijah

• about the widow of Zarephath

  1 Kings 17: 1-24 I am irritated with the prophet Elijah.  He assumed the widow was afraid.  Commentators assume this too.  They say Elijah needed to assure the widow that she could trust him.  I don’t read it this way.  The widow doesn’t feel afraid to me.  She feels done.  She tried to tell Elijah […]

  Teri

  June 3, 2013

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  lectionary, prophet elijah, religion, spirituality