S6 E50 | The Journey of The Alabaster Jar: Five Years of Women’s Voices and Vision

In this special episode of The Alabaster Jar, Dr. Lynn Cohick and co-host Dr. Josephine Stringer look back on over five years of conversations, featuring more than 250 episodes, 200,000 downloads, and listeners in 25 countries. Lynn shares the story and theological richness behind the podcast’s name, drawn from the New Testament account of the woman with the alabaster jar, and how that narrative has shaped her own discipleship. Together, they revisit memorable guests, humorous moments, tech mishaps, and powerful stories from women leaders, scholars, missionaries, pastors, and writers around the world. They also introduce Let Her Learn, a new initiative of LetHerLead.com designed to create hospitable, accessible spaces for women to pursue deeper theological learning in community. Finally, they reflect on where God may be leading next, especially through fresh scholarship on women in Scripture and a renewed focus on the cross and resurrection in women’s experiences of faith.  

Resources Mentioned:   

Women and the Gender of God by Dr. Amy Peeler

Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts by Dr. Lucy Peppiatt

When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women by Dr. Sarah C. Williams

Mothers on the Margin?: The Significance of the Women in Matthew's Genealogy by Dr. E. Anne Clemens

Becoming Queen Bathsheba by Amanda Bedzrah

Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender by Dr. Nicole Massie Martin

The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity

Dr. Lynn Cohick

Let Her Lead  

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The Alabaster Jar is brought to you by The Center for Women in Leadership, a 501©3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is to equip women in a context that is biblically rooted, theologically robust, and ethnically diverse to thrive as leaders in the academy and the Church. Follow them on Instagram @leadershipwithoutapology.