When I visit this congregation with which I’ve had a long relationship,1 there are always two things in my mind—the big picture and the little
As an Indian, I grew up understanding hospitality to be important. We offered visitors water, coffee, or chai as they entered our home. If they
Much scholarly discussion by conservative and liberal theologians focuses on 1 Pet 3:1–6. The submission of wives to their husbands, the exhortation’s descriptive or prescriptive
Christians believe that the word of God is inspired and “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness” (2 Tim 3:16 NIV). This implies
From CBE’s 2024 Conference “Tell Her Story: Women in Scripture and History” in Denver, Colorado. Explore the concept of biblical equality in this thought-provoking keynote
When asked by a friend whether having a woman pastor were Biblical, Seth Knorr realised he didn’t have an adequate answer. Inspired to reach a better
It wasn’t that long ago that I preferred an unplugged 1990s existence to a 2020 world. No wifi. No smartphone. COVID lockdowns invited me to
In the spring of 2023, I briefly served as interim children’s ministry leader at my church while our youth pastor was on maternity leave. My
In August of 2018, I started my first college class in 35 years. My daughter, who had received her undergraduate degree in Christian education in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CfGdzGRlC8 From CBE’s 2014 Colombia Conference, Men and Women in Christ: Identity and Ministry. Aida Besancon Spencer at the 2014 CBE conference in Colombia explores