The Power of a Pronoun: How What We Call God Affects Everything
Editor’s Note: This is one of the 2019 Top 15 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! Standing in an old church with a red prayer book
October 9, 2019
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What to Say When Someone Dismisses Women’s Leadership in the Bible
Editor’s Note: This article is one of a nine-part series on difficult Bible passages titled “What to Say…” For egalitarians, the book of Judges clearly demonstrates
September 25, 2019
What to Say When Someone Says that Wives Should Stay with Abusive Husbands
Editor’s Note: This article is one of a nine-part series on difficult Bible passages titled “What to Say…” 1 Peter 3 is a tricky passage. It’s
September 19, 2019
Announcing the 2019 CBE Writing Contest Winners!
In August, CBE International held its third annual writing contest! We received many quality, insightful submissions, making our job of picking just fifteen winners very difficult. We’d
September 18, 2019
Humanity Flourishes When We Invest in Girls’ Education
In desperate need of medical expertise, a patient was referred to a woman with extraordinary skill and training in a specialized field. Hesitantly, he made
September 17, 2019
Education Polishes Gems
Education polishes gems Even diamonds can be polished by knowledge liberally applied with loving elbow grease and patient skill. Very patient skill. Education binds
September 17, 2019
Modesty, a Fairytale Witch, and Growing Up Dangerous
A few weeks ago, I was in Sofia, Bulgaria, for a day. I stopped for about twelve hours between night buses to see the sights,
September 17, 2019
An Egalitarian Man in a Complementarian Bible School
The conversation went downhill very quickly. “I don’t know if I would be comfortable with you working for a female pastor.” Trying to avoid (yet
September 16, 2019
It’s Not Easy Being a Woman Professor: Subverting Sexism in Higher Education
“So, are you a student here too?” asked the young IT worker I called to fix my office computer. I smiled, wondering how the student
September 16, 2019
Women at Work: 3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Graduated College
A couple of semesters ago, I audited a “Gender & Development” class in the undergraduate sociology department at Johns Hopkins University. My fellow students were
September 16, 2019
