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Am I Dust or Am I Daughter? A Woman Pastor's Journey Toward Worth and Identity
By: Noemi Vega Quinones | February 6, 2019
I wondered if something was wrong with me, a woman, or with my female body. Did I dress too provocatively? I began to hide behind loose clothes and old thrift finds. I diminished myself, listening to the messages of shame and fear. Bowing to the voice that whispered that I was dust—unclean.
Girls Should Not Have to Ask If God Likes Boys Better
By: Julie Meyer Taylor | January 9, 2019
I was seven years old—sitting in a hard, metal desk, staring at the hole-y paddle hanging ominously on the wall, and wearing a skirt that reached three inches from my knee—when my teacher told us God didn’t want women to be pastors.
Why Are We Teaching Girls to Hate Their Bodies?
By: Kate Dewhurst | December 27, 2018
Our bodies weren’t designed to be hated but to be respected—to be regarded as sacred, to be loved beyond measure, to be holy reflections of the beauty and wisdom of God.
Hey Church, We Need to Talk About Consent
By: Melissa Spolar | December 19, 2018
The few men who have kissed me did not ask my permission first. They didn’t ask if I wanted their tongues in my mouth, or about any of the other things they’ve tried either. It seems this is the standard today—even among Christians.
What I Wish the Church Had Told My Husband and Me About Sex and Consent
By: Christine Woolgar | November 5, 2018
“Do you want a divorce?” My husband was momentarily speechless. From the earliest days of our marriage, we struggled with sex. By the time I asked the question that so shocked my husband, it was apparent that we couldn’t resolve the issue by talking to each other or to our friends or by reading [...]
When You're Voted "Most Likely to Become a Pastor," But You're a Girl
By: Amanda Hansen | October 31, 2018
“Most likely to become a pastor.” I was embarrassed, really. How could I be voted that? Sure, I volunteered a lot, but out of everyone in our conservative, non-denominational high school youth group, why me? I was a girl—a quiet girl with no framework for becoming a pastor.
There's A Woman in Your Pew Who's Been Abused. Do You See Her?
By: Marie H | October 11, 2018
[Trigger Warning] Why did he get to dispense God's grace? Did God's forgiveness of his sin minimize my suffering, my cry for justice? If I couldn’t take the wine from him, ought I to take it at all? How cruel—to demand that I partake in the body by submitting [...]
Without Gender Equality, Our Gospel Has A Hole In It
By: Tim Ritter | October 10, 2018
Tragically, Bible-readers throughout most of church history haven't seen Jesus' call to give up power as essential to or even included in Christian faith. Nowhere has that omission been more costly than in the treatment of gender.
5 Things the Bible Does (and Doesn't) Say About Modesty
By: Jill Richardson | October 8, 2018
Does the Bible really body-shame women? Does it exonerate men when they objectify women? Proponents will say they don’t exonerate men. Men are still guilty, but women, the victims of men’s objectification, are guilty too. But there’s a chasm of difference between “men are guilty, period” and “men and women are both [...]
Single People Aren't Problems to Be Fixed or Threats to Be Neutralized
By: Ella Hickey | October 2, 2018
What’s missing from Christian books on dating, purity, and singleness.