‘You should learn how to play the piano or something… since you’ll be a minister’s wife someday.’ An older gentleman said this to me as

A friend of mine was recently asked to explain the gender prejudice noted in many Christian churches. Seated next to a stranger on an airplane,

“… the righteous will live by their faith” (Habakkuk 2:4, NRSV). Even before South Africa began to dismantle apartheid, Desmond Tutu did something very profound.

“Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of

Sometimes we hear things or see things or read things that we can’t forget. Sometimes we wish desperately that we could forget them. Sometimes we’re

As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ—the logos of God—we rejoice in God’s promise to us given in Isaiah 55:10-13. That Scripture, faithfully preached and

Recently a CBE member sent me a note reminding me of the consequences of coming to the right conclusions regarding women’s service in the church.

The body is what is seen by sighted people, and maybe here lies a clue! Sight-impaired people have a distinct advantage in that they are

‘If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty placed on him. For one year he