Editor’s Reflections | Summer 2003
It is such an honor to work as acting editor of Priscilla Papers, and yet, I cannot remember all the times I have longed to
December 5, 2014
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Learning How to Minister From I Corinthians 14:26-40, Part 2
Paul’s first word to women in this passage was corrective. He wrote, “Women should be silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,
December 4, 2014
A Christian Understanding of Submission: A Nonhierarchical-Complementarian Viewpoint
The introduction of the word “submission” into a Christian conversation about adult human relations immediately strikes different responses. For some Christians, submission is a happy
December 4, 2014
Jewels in Her Crown
Two hundred years before Martin Luther’s reformation, a woman now known as St. Bridget of Sweden (1302-1373) challenged wayward kings, priests, and popes, calling them
December 4, 2014
Papyri, Women, and Word Meaning in the New Testament
In the late 1880s, large amounts of papyri were discovered in separate finds. These affected New Testament scholarship to such a degree that scholars labeled
December 4, 2014
Editor’s Reflections | Autumn 2003
I love words and everything about them, including their shifting meanings and the subtle way they influence one another in a sentence. Like a family
December 4, 2014
Not Without Hope
On July 6, 2003, Jane Randall Hess Clark, my wife of 46 years, died of a brain tumor, eleven months after diagnosis. She received the
December 3, 2014
Never Alone
My father worked with the British Protectorate Government of Palestine in the 1930s. Like many British government workers, he and his wife were killed by
December 3, 2014
Lessons from Hannah
CBE: What kind of adoption have you chosen and why? DesAnne & John: Adoption was our first choice for bringing children into our family. The
December 3, 2014
It’s a Long Road
Perhaps there are others like me, or perhaps I was a slow learner. I am not sure I really grew up until I was 40,
December 3, 2014