Women and Ministry

I’ve not blogged for a long time.  Too long.  I enjoy writing and thinking and expressing what is going on in my mind.  Lately I’ve just not had much to say.
But today I became aware of a piece that President Jimmy Carter wrote and it struck a nerve,  I loved what he had to write [...]

the hammer or the pipe?

If you know me (or the way I think) then you will know that I am passionate about gender equality – especially with regard to women in the church where, unfortunately, a great deal of inequality is perpetuated. I regularly read a blog, Suzanne’s Bookshelf, that often addresses such issues and came across one [...]

Women in Leadership

I don’t do this very often (this is the first time), but I must repost a great blog about women and leaderhsip.  Here it is.  It is from The CBE Scroll, the blog of Christians for Biblical Equality.  It is excellent:
The early evangelicals were the first to provide a biblical foundation for women’s leadership in [...]

I am going to hell

It is official.  John Hagee says I’m going to Hell and Mark Driscoll seems to agree.  Luckily, Eugene Cho is on my side and, luckily, I tend to agree with Cho far more than Hagee or Driscoll.  
Here are the two videos that talk about how a stay at home dad is “worse than an [...]

The Blue Parakeet

I just read an awesome book: The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible by Scot McKnight. It is provocative, helpful, enjoyable, understandable, and I say that it belongs on everyone’s “must read” list.
 
What’s the deal with a the phrase “Blue Parakeet”? It is a metaphor for difficult, dangerous, misunderstood, [...]

Again, the World Has Changed

With McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, an historic election is assured.  In the White House our country will have either the first black man as President or the first woman (of any race) as VP.  In a world where women are still belittled and marginalized and not allowed to lead (in [...]

I am a Feminist

One of the issues I am most passionate about is the equality of women and men. Someday I’ll write a post (or ten) about that but for now I’ve added a few links. You will see two new links added to the blogroll, Suzanne’s Bookshelf and The CBE Scroll. The other link [...]