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Four women discussing about modesty from Followers of the Way Boston |
For this year’s International Women’s Day, I will present some sermons and bible studies with interviews with Anabaptist women from Followers of the Way Boston and 2 Mennonite mothers, on women head covering and modesty. I will read from I Corinthians 11 vs 2 to 16 (ESV) to begin:
Head Coverings
2 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.
3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife[a] is her husband,[b] and the head of Christ is God.
4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,
5 but every wife[c] who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.
6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.
7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
8 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man.
9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
10 That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.[d]
11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
12 for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,
15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
16 If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
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“Children are a blessing; they are a kind of a wealth. God says in the Scriptures that children will bless you even if they don’t feel like a blessing immediately. And we really believe that and our experience has confirmed it.” - Dr. Catherine Pakaluk Followers of the Way Boston church members [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=901167012502243&set=pb.100078268582734.-2207520000] https://www.followers-of-the-way.org/ https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2026/01/meet-charlton-and-natasha-sweazy-and.html https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2026/03/tauferische-mutterschaft-god-who-sees.html |
Go to this Playlist to listen about Head coverings:
From 6:39 to 11:30 – Mennonite Megan Fox explains about head covering
https://youtu.be/2qaNxRGDh7c?si=O1-yd1t4MydxNvTF
See 2:29 to Q&A | Why I wear a headcovering | What is Urban Oaks Design Co? | Mennonite Culture
https://youtu.be/w9_-bM0jGLk?si=uirt2XK7K6BsIBcW
Sisters from Followers of the Way discuss Head covering and Christian modesty:
Why I Started Being Modest. Four Women’s Testimonies.
Go to: https://www.followers-of-the-way.org to learn more about Followers of the Way! Laura Kuruvilla, Becky Baer, Erica Milioni, and Natasha Sweazy share their testimonies regarding Christian modesty, fashion, extravagance, and body image.
https://www.followers-of-the-way.org/
VIDEO SOURCE: https://youtu.be/zaZijOAGwS0?si=jNYCXV7fTRaAnNhO
Sisters Discuss the Headcovering
Mar 16, 2025
Several sisters from Followers of the Way Boston -- Natasha Sweazy, Laura Kuruvilla, Crystal Johnson, Carol Sweazy, and Erica Milioni -- recently gathered to share their personal experiences and discuss the significance, practical considerations, and challenges of wearing the head covering.
00:00 Stories
39:50 -When do you wear the head covering? All the time or only during prayer and worship? What about at home with your children or sleeping?
48:39 -What style head coverings do you wear? Are trendy head coverings like hats okay? 1:00:32 - How do you tie or style the head covering to get it to not slip off?
1:09:24 - What tips can help reduce sweating or overheating in warmer weather while wearing a head covering?
1:10:32 - How do I wear a head covering comfortably over my thick 4C hair without causing breakage?
1:14:32 - Have you ever felt self-conscious or had opposition while wearing the head covering?
1:28:20 - When do girls start wearing the head covering? Is it just for Christians after conversion?
1:34:00 - What if my husband does not support me wearing the head covering?
1:37:38 - Do you feel like the head covering mars your Christian witness?
VIDEO SOURCE: https://youtu.be/VwZlA8GKbok?si=xdUqmjGlM3T28eR8
Go to this Playlist to listen about Head coverings:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ZY51Ia2iJWlL5NtHSAFpJPV8N4APGEE&si=Ltb2m6jwRm1uVsxa
Fotos von Wiedertäufer Frauen mit Kopfbedeckung (Photos of Anabaptist women with headcovering):
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Inspiring: The Amish Rebuild in North Carolina (11 Images) ~
“It just fills my heart with joy watching people get their life back again," said a young Amish man.
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1064060902422752&set=pcb.1064063595755816] BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/06/amish-mutual-aid-amish-helping-to.html |
“Our heart just felt drawn to
come help” said one Amish woman.
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Frieda Vizel (second from the right) gives a tour with Mennonite women |
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5 daughters of Miriam Ezagui [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10100961349856078&set=pb.209700767.-2207520000] |
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Fans say Miriam Ezagui grew a large following through the authenticity of her daily life. (Miriam Ezagui/TikTok) |
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Orthodox Mom, Who Gives Glimpse Into Family Life, Never Expected Videos to Go Viral: 'Humbling' (Exclusive) Miriam Malnik-Ezagui opens up to PEOPLE about her life as an Orthodox mom to four daughters and why she shares her day-to-day on social media Updated on December 19, 2023 02:26PM EST https://people.com/orthodox-mom-daily-family-life-viral-videos-exclusive-7562734 |
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Miriam Malnik-Ezagui (born 1986) is an American nurse and TikToker known for making videos about her life and experiences as an Orthodox Jew living in New York City. Malnik-Ezagui is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivor Lilly Appelbaum Malnik. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Ezagui [PHOTO SOURCE: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/miriam-ezagui-the-war-on-tiktok/] |
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“Mothers write on the
hearts of their children, what the world’s rough hand cannot erase.” – Amish
Proverb 15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” - Genesis 48:15-16 (ESV) TOP: Amish mothers with their children. Notice the similarities Bottom: Haredi Jewish women and girls in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, 2013 – they have many children. https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2026/03/babyland-in-israel-israels-baby-boom.html https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2026/03/tauferische-mutterschaft-god-who-sees.html https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/12/israels-baby-boom-2024-children-are-joy.html https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/06/israels-children-world-ultra-orthodox.html |
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Unsplash, Jüdisch-orthodoxe Mutter in Jerusalem, Symbolbild English Translation: Unsplash, Jewish Orthodox mother in Jerusalem, stock image [PHOTO SOURCE: https://de.icej.org/gesellschaftliche-und-religi%C3%B6se-hindernisse-israelische-frauen-gehen-ihren-weg] https://amishamerica.com/one-womans-journey-from-english-to-amish-to-jewish/ |
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Ultra-orthodox Jewish family at prayer [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.jewishboston.com/events/strictly-observant-amish-and-ultra-orthodox-jewish-women-negotiating-media-with-dr-rivka-neriya-ben-shahar/] |
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Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar is a senior lecturer at Sapir Academic College in Sderot, Israel, where she teaches communications, religion, and gender. She received her doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been a Fulbright post-doctoral fellow. Her book Strictly Observant: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Negotiating Media is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://mennonitelife.org/event/strictly-observant-amish-women-and-ultra-orthodox-jewish-women-negotiating-media/] |
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Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar is a senior lecturer at Sapir Academic College in Sderot, Israel, where she teaches communications, religion, and gender. She received her doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been a Fulbright post-doctoral fellow. Her book Strictly Observant: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Negotiating Media is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://mennonitelife.org/event/strictly-observant-amish-women-and-ultra-orthodox-jewish-women-negotiating-media/] |
RELATED LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_covering_for_Christian_women
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapp_(headcovering)
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2026/03/tauferische-mutterschaft-god-who-sees.html
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2026/01/meet-charlton-and-natasha-sweazy-and.html
https://kingdomdriven.org/author/charlton
https://www.followersoftheway-ug.org/
https://kingdomdriven.org/a-great-start-to-2015
https://fotw-ug.org/the-sweazy-family/
“Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church, consecrated to Christ, and wholly influenced and governed by His rules. And family education and order are some of the chief means of grace. If these fail, all other means are likely to prove ineffectual.” – Jonathan Edwards
LEADING FAMILY WORSHIP BY JOEL BEEKE PART 1
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/11/leading-family-worship-by-joel-beeke.html
"We and our families stand in need of blessings in a domestic capacity, therefore in that capacity we should pray for them; in that capacity too we receive many blessings; therefore in that capacity we should return thanks for them; and singing of psalms is the most proper method of thanksgiving." — 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬, "The Necessity and Excellence of Family Religion" in 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠, Vol. 2 (1849 ed.), p. 47 [pictured: Jennie A. Brownscombe, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑙𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ (1914)]
LEADING FAMILY WORSHIP BY JOEL BEEKE PART 2
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/11/leading-family-worship-by-joel-beeke_27.html
https://calvarybibleschool.org/
https://forward.com/culture/808318/calvary-bible-school-arkansas-tatty-my-king-orthodox-song/
Tatty My King
1.89K subscribers
52,042 views Feb 14, 2026
Composer: Dovid Edell. Used by permission. Arranged by Wendell Glick. Commissioned for Calvary Bible School, 2026.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://youtu.be/cvx7iiDOazY?si=YneuqRJ5DjGMbzTb
Amische und mennonitische Frauen (Amish and Mennonite women) LINKS:
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. – Proverbs 31 vs 17 (ESV)
Wiedertäufer Frauen bei der Arbeit – Anabaptist women at work
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/07/wiedertaufer-frauen-bei-der-arbeit.html
MEET GLORIA YODER THE NEW ORDER AMISH COOK
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/03/meet-gloria-yoder-new-order-amish-cook.html
Old Order Amish Author Linda Byler On Writing 39 Novels
By Erik Wesner July 13, 2021
https://amishamerica.com/old-order-amish-author-linda-byler-writing-39-novels/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Lizzies-Amish-Cookbook-Favorite-Generations/dp/156148735X
https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/Linda-Byler/author/B003CXW1KY?
https://lucindajkinsinger.com/how-my-plain-mennonite-heritage-impacts-my-parenting/
https://mennoniteeducation.weebly.com/
https://homejoys.blogspot.com/
https://kb.osu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/4cca1bec-552f-50e2-b5ec-f87c7420217a/content
https://undersevenstars.com/2019/08/31/5-reasons-why-i-love-being-mennonite/
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/10/grandfamilies-on-rise.html
11 And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.” – I Samuel 1:11 (ESV)
Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity. - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-mothers-day-sermons.html
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