Retreating from Retreats: An Egalitarian Vision for Church Conferences
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! In boxes throughout my home sit the many crafts I’ve made at women’s
January 26, 2022
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No Longer Male and Female: Why Do We Still Separate by Gender in Church?
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! Several years ago, I was confronted by a male clergy person who dismissed
January 19, 2022
The Core of CBE: Galatians 3:28 in Our Past, Present, and Future
CBE was founded by three fierce women of faith—forces of nature in every sense of the phrase: God’s very own Alvera Mickelsen, Catherine Clark Kroeger,
January 12, 2022
Are We Continuing to Sideline Women in Conversations about Abuse?
I’ve been in the abuse and advocacy realm for a few years now, and I’ve recently noticed a startling trend. While we can leave toxic
January 5, 2022
Microscopes and Women’s Equality: Looking at the Big Picture of Scripture
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! I am an everyday egalitarian. I am an egalitarian in that I believe
December 29, 2021
Gender Balance: A Freeing Way to Read, Hear, and Teach the Scriptures
Editor’s note: This is a 2021 CBE Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! We walked out of the class together, a beloved church member and I,
December 22, 2021
How to Teach Mutuality to the Next Generation
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! At my niece’s second birthday party, I watched as she and her four-year-old
December 15, 2021
Come Let Us Reason Together: ETS 2021 Annual Meeting Recap
There was something different at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting. I could feel it almost immediately. Rather than a tightening in my
December 8, 2021
Watershed Moments? Reexamining the Barriers Facing Women in the US and UK Church
A few years ago, I attended an event in New York City centered on supporting women to pursue church leadership. The church sponsoring the event
December 5, 2021
Men Need to Talk about the Difficulties Women Still Face
If it wasn’t quite so tragic a conversation, it could have been the plot of some quirky, off-beat, comedy-of-errors sitcom, or an early burlesque comedy
December 5, 2021