It seems to be the right time to finally begin blogging on this new venture. After all, I've had it for several months, just haven't had the time or ambition (or courage) to stick my toe in the water, so to speak.

"Jericho's Daughter" refers to Rahab, sometimes referred to as an innkeeper and sometimes as a harlot, who lived in the Canaanite town of Jericho. It was she who hid Joshua's spies and helped to smuggle them out of the city, thus indirectly helping to bring about the destruction of the walls of her city. Funny how people remember her as a harlot, seldom as a figure of courage and even less frequently as one of the ancestors mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus.

I'm no Rahab. I don't own an inn, am not a harlot, don't have a family for which I am responsible, and don't have the courage to let down walls I've erected for my own safety. Still, I could do worse than meditate on Rahab and what motivated her to do as she did. it could be a very salubrious exercise.