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Bible with Me

I post any new Bible studies on Substack. The current study is “Jesus Speaks to Women: Meditations for the wounded, weary, and wondering.” Paid subscribers can download the PDF outlines, discussion questions, and coloring pages. Click on the image below to go to the studies!

An Introduction
Chapter 1: Mary at the Temple
Chapter 2: Mary at the Wedding
Chapter 3: The Samaritan Woman Part 1
Chapter 3: The Samaritan Woman Part 2
Chapter 4: The Woman Caught
Chapter 5: The Widow
Chapter 6: The Sinful Woman Anoints
Chapter 7: The Family of Jesus
Chapter 8: The Bleeding Woman and Jairus’ Daughter
Matthew’s Genealogy: the women in the lineage of Jesus
Women in the Gospels: a chart comparing the four Gospels
Chapter 9: The Canaanite Woman
Chapter 10: Mary and Martha at Home
Biblical Women’s Ministry
Chapter 11: The Bent Woman
Chapter 12: Mary and Martha Mourning
The theme of “the hour” in John’s Gospel
Chapter 13: Mary Anoints
Chapter 14: The Daughters of Jerusalem
Chapter 15: Mary the Mother at the Cross
Article: How the Testimony of Women Bookends the Gospel Story
Chapter 16: Mary Magdalene, Part 1
Chapter 16: Mary Magdalene, Part 2
Chapter 17: Two on the Road
Chapter 18: A Look Back
Advent Study 1: Luke 1:1-4, Introduction
Advent Study 2: Luke 1:5-25, John the Baptist is Coming
Advent Study 3: Luke 1:26-38, Jesus is Coming
Advent Study 4: Mary, Elizabeth, and the Community of Women
Advent Study 5: Mary’s Song
Advent Study 6: The Birth of John
Advent Study 7: Zechariah’s Song
Advent Study 8: The Birth of Jesus
Art Round-up: The Presentation at the Temple
Advent Study 9: Jesus Presented in the Temple
Study 10: Reintroducing Luke
Study 11: Boy Jesus in the Temple

You can read the archived “Jesus Speaks to Women” blog post series HERE.

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I love how this little experiment turned out. Wate I love how this little experiment turned out. Watercolor + lyrics pencil + pastels + inktense sticks. The drippy line at the top was an accident. 🤪
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Thoughts on The Samaritan Woman in John 4 continue Thoughts on The Samaritan Woman in John 4 continued. 

This episode of The Pictured Word Podcast is Chapter 3 of the Jesus Speaks to Women Series on the words Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, found in John 4:1-42. You can listen on the Marydean Draws Substack page or on most podcast apps.
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In this study, I examine the common assumptions we often hear about this story, provide important cultural context, and try to understand what the conversation between Jesus and the woman, the longest recorded between Jesus and anyone in the Gospels, is actually about.
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Here is the episode link:
https://marydeandraws.substack.com/p/episode-12-the-jesus-speaks-to-women 

❤️Welcome to The Pictured Word podcast, where I look at Scripture through a curious writer and artist’s eyes, draw on the beauty found in the tradition of Christian art, and learn from the insight of Biblical scholarship. Whether you come to the Bible weary, wounded, or wondering, my goal is to help you see the Jesus revealed there.
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You can find me at www.marydeandraws.com or on my Substack page at https://marydeandraws.substack.com/
All my Bible studies are available free for anyone to read on Substack, but you can support my work by becoming a paid subscriber. Paid subscribers can download the printable study guides and coloring pages.
Have we understand the Smaritan woman all wrong? H Have we understand the Smaritan woman all wrong? Here's some of what I share on The Pictured Word Podcast this week.
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