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Article: Defiant daughters: in a time of hardened hearts, the story of Exodus is relevant once again.
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- September 1, 2003
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Last October in Colorado, three Catholic nuns entered a missile site swinging hammers to disarm a nuclear warhead. Then they painted a cross on the silo with their own blood. This November in Miami, thousands are preparing to resist the ministerial meetings on the Free Trade Area of the Americas. North Americans, taking the lead from their Southern neighbors, are mobilizing against trade agreements that grant rights to corporations and steal them from human beings. I hear in these stories a persistent resistance. I hear the story of Exodus becoming relevant once again.
In the book of Exodus, the empire of Egypt is condemned. It is greedy, fearful, ...