Growing Joyfully into the Fullness of Christ
I had the pleasure of worshipping with the Bear-Barnetson family at the annual Wiconi International Family Camp and Pow Wow in Turner, Oregon, in 2008
July 22, 2014
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Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: The Rise of Women’s Ordination in the Holiness Tradition
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, while many American denominations were still silencing the public voices of women in the churches, the founder
July 22, 2014
Rhetoric, Religion, and Authority: Pentecostal Holiness Women Preachers Speaking Truth
Introduction As a scholar of rhetoric and as a Pentecostal Christian, I notice that, although rhetoric and religion embody quite different theoretical perspectives, rhetoric, religion,
July 22, 2014
Gender and the Puritan Mission to the Native People of New England, 1620-1750
The Puritans are not known for their egalitarianism. Indeed, the word “Puritan” instead conjures up images of witch-burning, fun-draining, Quaker-persecuting authoritarians who restricted women to
July 22, 2014
Half-Light
Light shines from a thousand prisms, hung on golden filigree, above the hall below, where sheltered men wear sheltering talitot
July 21, 2014
The Proverbs 31 “Woman of Strength”
Proverbs 31:10–31 is one of the better-known passages of the Old Testament. Many of us hear sermons preached from this text every Mother’s Day, yet
July 21, 2014
An Example of the Power of Faith: Sarah, the Subject of Hebrews 11:11
And by faith, Sarah, herself, a barren [woman], received power for the purpose of depositing sperm [by Abraham], even though [at] a time of mature
July 21, 2014
Cast Out and Cast Off
Introduction The patriarchal narratives of Genesis have long been read as paradigms of divine/human relationships. Abraham is often viewed as the exemplar of life in
July 21, 2014
Saint Paul, Apostle of Freedom for Women and Men: An Interview with F. F. Bruce
Until his retirement in 1978, Frederick Fyvie Bruce, 78, occupied the prestigious John Rylands Chair of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at Manchester University in England.
July 21, 2014
The Book of Ruth and Hope in Hard Times
Introduction The book of Ruth is one of my favorites. A literary masterpiece, it offers a rich exploration of God’s providence, a theology of mission,
July 21, 2014