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Blood & Water Flowed (Poem)
By: Valerie Geer | June 5, 2015
Blood and water flowed mingled from his side
God’s Wisdom Sung in Full Harmony
By: Brian Wiele | June 5, 2015
Every time I click on the leadership tab on the website of a Protestant church and see an all-male team of elders, I am dismayed at the foolishness of choosing not to hear the fullness of God’s “sound system.” The Catholic and Orthodox branches of God’s family tree have been even more reluctant [...]
Editor's Note: Becoming New
By: Tim Krueger | June 5, 2015
This issue is devoted to those stories that remind us not just that egalitarian leadership is biblical and right, but that God is using it to make the world new.
Blood & Water Flowed: Becoming New through the Feminine Imagery of Redemption
By: Valerie Geer | June 5, 2015
It was not until I was well into my thirties that I started to see that some of my uniquely female experiences are beautiful and poignant pictures within the redemption story. Consider the motif of new life born of blood and water, pain and sacrifice.
Life by Committee
By: April Fiet | June 5, 2015
When we realized we were being called as a team, it felt like someone had opened up the door and let the light come in. We noticed it for ourselves in palpable ways, and it was affirming when others began to notice it, too.
A Single Testimony Changes Generations
By: Natasha Sistrunk Robinson | June 5, 2015
It is true, we become like what we see. Growing up, what I saw was my mother, Sallie. She worked hard and gave everything she could so my sister and I had opportunities to thrive. She served in the church and in the community. She loved family and was always hospitable to strangers. She was [...]
Show Me There Is Room
By: Esther Emery | June 3, 2015
Women of the church, please don't stand in silence or shrink yourself down to quiet the guilt or keep the peace.
Egalitarianism and Autism: Women and HFA
By: Katia Cook | June 1, 2015
In her book “Aspergirls,” Rudy Simone mentions how gender roles are not liked nor understood by many women with HFA. And for good reason. Society tells women that we must focus on our appearance, but as “Aspies” (those with high-functioning autism (HFA,) also known as Asperger’s syndrome) usually could care less and prefer to [...]
You Are Beloved: The Truth About Christian Purity
By: Elizabeth Drummond | May 29, 2015
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Beautiful blue skies peek into the upstairs window where we, a handful of church children, listen to our teacher. We’re eager for the story to end as we’ve been promised time on the playground afterwards. I’m six years old and wearing an [...]
Egalitarianism and Autism: Jeannette's Story
By: Jeannette Cook | May 27, 2015
I grew up longing for fatherly acceptance and love. My dad was very creative in putting my sister Shari* and I down. Shari’s nickname was Big Pig, and mine was Little Pig. We soon learned that he didn’t think we were very smart. He often sang the following to the tune of a [...]