President’s Message: Submissive or Strong Rescue?
Have you ever noticed how hard it is to find even one woman in the whole of Scripture who did what was right but did
September 1, 2014
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Short Answers to Tough Questions: How are Christians to understand the imagery of Israel as God’s unfaithful wife, and what is the relevance of the divine-human marriage metaphor in our lives today?
Q: An ever-present “woman” in the Old Testament is Israel, God’s metaphorical wife. How are Christians to understand the imagery of Israel as God’s unfaithful
September 1, 2014
Skirts, Spatulas, & Surrender
I was sixteen years old, confused, and tired. I had a thousand little journals with themes like “becoming a woman of God,” “finding your calling,”
September 1, 2014
Womb Currency
A womb, the currency of the day. Trade. Hagar’s womb: tilled soil. Gentile, slave, used and thrown away. Have you heard? God sees! From dry
September 1, 2014
In the Midst of the Mess: Hagar and the God Who Sees
Along a desert road, beside a remote, unnamed well, the angel of the Lord approaches a pregnant, abused, runaway slave named Hagar. The young woman
August 31, 2014
Proverbs 31 Man
Maybe the biblical character you best connect with is Daniel in the lion’s den, or Mary when the stone was rolled away. Sometimes we connect
August 31, 2014
The Shame of the Unnamed Women of the Old Testament
Jephthah’s daughter, Manoah’s wife, King Lemuel’s mother—the Old Testament is full of women whose names are withheld. They are typically identified only by their relationship
August 31, 2014
When a Woman’s Love is Fierce
Watch a few documentaries about wild animals, and you will see footage of a mother protecting her young. Do you know what happens when another
August 31, 2014
President’s Message: Diversity Works
Few of us will forget the great recession that began in 2007, when poor financial decisions in the US banking industry had a horrific impact
August 31, 2014
Translation Differences Every Woman Minister Should Know (Part 2)
Translation Differences Every Woman Minister Should Know (Part 1) 6. The πρεσβύτιδας (presbytis) of Titus 2:3 can be translated “women elders”: Though Titus 2:3 is
August 30, 2014