The Golden Child and the Scapegoat
Editor’s note: This a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Honorable Mention! In many dysfunctional families, like my own family of origin, one child is treated as
November 29, 2023
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Guidance for Egalitarians in Complementarian Contexts: Part Two
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part article. Read part one here. Download a combined PDF version of parts one and two. Staying
November 22, 2023
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Guidance for Egalitarians in Complementarian Contexts
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part article. Next week will discuss how to remain healthy in each situation and give some advice
November 15, 2023
Becoming Egalitarian: Reconciling Experience with Scripture
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Winner! Sometimes I Can’t Believe… I was raised in a patriarchal home, and by adulthood I
November 1, 2023
The First Woman Who Preached to You
Editor’s Note: This is a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Winner! I ask my class the question, “Who was the first woman who preached to you?”
October 25, 2023
Announcing the 2023 CBE Writing Contest Winners!
CBE’s seventh annual writing contest has come to a close. We were thrilled to receive our largest number of entries yet, and because the overall
October 18, 2023
Let God Reign: Ditching the Umbrellas of Hierarchy
Chances are that you have seen some version of the “Umbrella Illustration” that claims to depict God’s “divine order” for authority within the family. Some
October 11, 2023
Difficult Passages in the New Testament and How to Understand Them
Download a PDF. Whenever the subject of the biblical equality of women and men arises, certain difficult passages in the New Testament are brought up.
October 5, 2023
Stay Awake for Women: Matthew 26:38–40
As we stood together on the Wisconsin state capitol steps in chilly, huddled clusters, literally waiting on the world to change for women, we knew
October 4, 2023
Setting the Record Straight: Roundtable Q and A
Download a PDF. As we seek to “set the record straight” and grow in our understanding of the biblical equality of women and men, it
September 28, 2023