Fearless Women in Church History: Rereading Thecla’s Story
Young Thecla sat in her dark jail cell with rats as her only company. She was startled when the jailer suddenly appeared with his burning
April 1, 2020
Type of Resource: Blog/Magazine Article
Dying for Love: Talking about Domestic Violence on International Women’s Day
Editor’s Note: Trigger Warning. Descriptions of domestic violence appear in this article. International Women’s Day arrives every year on March 8, but has anything changed
April 1, 2020
A Book for Every Week of Women’s History Month
As we begin Women’s History Month this year, I can’t stop thinking about the fact that 90 percent of the books most men read are written by male authors. Women’s reading
April 1, 2020
Setting a Movement Aflame: The Power of CBE’s Founders
Who am I? What is my life’s purpose? Where is my community? How do I find them? These questions filled my prayers, my conscious thoughts,
March 19, 2020
To a Woman in the Ministry, from the Grandmothers in Her Church
You are doing what we could not do because we did what we could. This poem appeared in “What Holds Us Together: Hope that Spans Generations,”
March 19, 2020
It’s Not Only Woman’s Work
As I am writing this, I can hear an emergency siren cry like a grieving mother in the night air. I am in the middle
March 19, 2020
A Rhetorical History: Listening to Our Preaching Foremothers
Women have been preaching in the United States since before the states were united—indeed, since before there were states. Anne Hutchinson pastored a church in
March 19, 2020
“Let Us Not Become Weary in Doing Good”: Wisdom from One Advocate to Another
In this issue, we wanted to hear from egalitarians across the movement to highlight the importance of working together to accomplish our mission of dismantling
March 19, 2020
Nile Mother: The Story of Lillian Trasher
After I had been in Egypt a little over three months I was asked to visit a dying woman. She had a tiny babe about
March 19, 2020
Encouragement for Women in Ministry
In the early 1990s, I worked out my view of women’s place in the church and the home. I had held the traditional views on
March 19, 2020
