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
Topic: Vocation / Work
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Women in Ministry, Reclaim Your Time!
Editor’s note: This is one of our top 20 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! “Reclaiming my time.” The world stood in disbelief last year when
April 18, 2019
4 Jobs Women Are Expected to Do without Pay, and How to Balance the Labor Scale
A viral tweet from this past October playfully asserted, “women talk to men using their customer service voice and don’t even get paid for it.”1
March 4, 2019
Obstacles and Opportunities for Women Planting Churches
In July of 2015, someone asked if I’d ever thought about planting a church. That question changed my life. I was thirty-four at the time—twenty
December 13, 2018
7 Words of Wisdom for Women Church Planters
When I was a little girl I dreamed of being many things. I rode my bike pretending it was a horse as I acted out
December 13, 2018
How Planting a Church Made Me Reconsider My Beliefs about Gender Roles
“Kay should be an elder.” It was handwritten in black sharpie on a big white page—just one quote among many others on one of those
December 3, 2018
Book Review: Gender Rolitis: Redeem Unhealthy Gender Roles
Gender Rolitis: Redeem Unhealthy Gender Roles By Kirk E. Farnsworth / Redemption Press Hierarchy or Mutuality? Solve the Gender Role Puzzle. Don’t give up hope
November 8, 2018
When You’re Voted “Most Likely to Become a Pastor,” But You’re a Girl
Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest. Enjoy! “Most likely to become a pastor.” I was embarrassed,
November 1, 2018
“Acknowledge Those Who Work Hard among You”: The Absence of Women’s Work in Complementarian Seminary Curricula
At the height of this year’s outcry over Paige Patterson’s long pattern of sexism and mishandling abuse, it seemed like complementarianism might face a reckoning.
October 24, 2018
Book Review: Threads of Wisdom
In Threads of Wisdom, Caroline Mendez responds to a vacuum that exists for Christian women in business. There is little opportunity for them to engage with
August 8, 2018