It’s Not Easy Being a Woman Professor: Subverting Sexism in Higher Education
“So, are you a student here too?” asked the young IT worker I called to fix my office computer. I smiled, wondering how the student
September 16, 2019
Topic: Leadership in Church / Ministry
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Women at Work: 3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Graduated College
A couple of semesters ago, I audited a “Gender & Development” class in the undergraduate sociology department at Johns Hopkins University. My fellow students were
September 16, 2019
5 Strategies for Empowering Women in the Classroom
As my classmates in my current seminary courses would no doubt be shocked to learn, I was once the quiet student in the class. In
September 16, 2019
What the Bible Actually Teaches on Women
The Rev. Dr. Kevin Giles is a longstanding supporter of women in leadership. Over the course of more than forty years, he has written at
August 5, 2019
Maria Beulah Woodworth Etter, the Trance Evangelist
“Mrs. Woodworth’s meetings are a reproach and a disgrace to the religion of God. Her claims that she holds conversations with God are very presumptuous
August 2, 2019
How I Left Fundamentalism, Found Freedom, and Became A Pastor
During my first semester of seminary, a woman in my Greek class said she could see me as a pastor. Unsolicited, she came right out
August 1, 2019
No More Doubt: How I Finally Embraced My Ministry Calling
At eight years old, I realized that—even if I started that very moment—I would never be able to reach every person in the whole world
July 11, 2019
Valiant or Virtuous? Gender Bias in Bible Translation
This book explores a systematic bias in translating the Bible and in interpreting its teachings, which suggests that men are inherently suited to be leaders
June 27, 2019
Single. Dating. Female. Pastor: 5 Things I Want the Church to Know
Recently, I was invited to participate in a panel on singleness at a Christian conference. I shared my experience as a single woman pastor and
June 19, 2019
My Pastor Was A Woman and It Meant Everything to Me
Two weeks ago, I learned that my beloved young church—planted in 2016—is dissolving. After a spirited three year-run, our pastor ran out of emotional gas
May 23, 2019