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Type of Resource: Blog/Magazine Article

Am I Dust or Am I Daughter? A Woman Pastor’s Journey Toward Worth and Identity

Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest. Enjoy! “Your pastor is a woman?!” I was seventeen years

February 7, 2019

What to Say When Someone Says Women Should Be Silent in Church

Editor’s Note: This article is one of a nine-part series on difficult Bible passages titled “What to Say…” You’re at a holiday event and you mention

January 30, 2019

Jesus’ Vision for Masculinity: The (Actual) Best A Man Can Get

By now, you’ve probably seen Gillette’s “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be” ad. Launched last week online, the ad depicts several examples of toxic

January 23, 2019

I Was Sexually Abused in the Church and I Thought I Was the Problem

Trigger warning: this article contains numerous graphic accounts of sexual violence. “What’s wrong with me?” I’ve asked myself this question each time I’ve been assaulted

January 17, 2019

Girls Should Not Have to Ask If God Likes Boys Better

Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest. Enjoy! I was seven years old—sitting in a hard, metal

January 10, 2019

How A Pastor and A Church Changed Their Stance on Women in Ministry

Editor’s Note: This article is based on an interview conducted by the author. In 2016, pastor Ray Kollbocker felt convicted to examine the issue of

January 3, 2019

Why Are We Teaching Girls to Hate Their Bodies?

Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest AND an Evangelical Press Association award winning article! In May of

December 27, 2018