The Easter Effect
Every Easter, we celebrate a definitive victory. We experience the Easter effect—a boundless global freedom for a once enslaved and broken humanity. Easter represents personal newness,
April 8, 2015
Topic: Social Justice
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Oscars Recap: A Night of Speaking Out
You would think after all that was made (most of it justified) of the inequities of this year’s Oscar nominations that last night would have
February 23, 2015
The Historical, Social, and Religious Context of American Baptist Women in El Salvador
“…the liberation of women requires, and is only really possible through, a change that goes to the root of this system and of its mechanisms
February 6, 2015
An Invisible People, An Invisible Problem
I recently had the dubious honor of being the only female passenger in the first class cabin of a crowded jet. As the plane landed
February 2, 2015
Five Bricks at a Time
This article first appeared in the December 1996 issue of the MARC Newsletter, and is reprinted by permission. I almost didn’t hear her. She sat
February 2, 2015
The Parable of the Blue Reflector
This article originally appeared in Christian Ethics Today (May-June 2000) and is used with permission of the author. It was a warm, sunny Sunday morning and
December 31, 2014
The Underside of the Table
The professor asked for two volunteers, one male and one female, to go to the front of the room where a small table was set
November 7, 2014
Injustice: Does Size Matter?
Is my pain bad enough to count? Does the injustice that I suffer meet the standard? I attend a complementarian church where I am allowed
September 6, 2014
Gender and Justice in the New Testament
Introduction The topic of gender and justice in the New Testament raises two preliminary questions: First, what modern sense of “justice” and of “gender” is
August 27, 2014
Ten Lies the Church Tells Women
For centuries, a patriarchal system of control has kept women in spiritual captivity through distortion of the Scriptures. It’s time to debunk the myths. We
July 24, 2014