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Still Side by Side (Available in 21 Languages)
By: Janet George | December 29, 2019
Still Side by Side (available in English and twenty other languages) is an introduction to biblical gender equality. Designed with a simple question and answer format, it is a valuable resource for individuals or groups who are seeking answers to the questions surrounding gender and the church. View or download the digital version of the [...]
CBE International’s Favorite Books of 2019
By: CBE International | December 26, 2019
This list comprises some CBE staff favorites and picks from our bookstore that we wanted to highlight. Add these books to your 2020 reading list, and you’ll be off to an empowered and inspired year.
God’s Resurrection Power: A Review of 2019 at CBE International
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 18, 2019
God’s risen presence led CBE’s community throughout this year and awakened new empathy and resolve in us to balance power between men and women. I hope the stories I share inspire your faith as they have mine.
7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership
By: Kate Coleman | December 17, 2019
For the first time in modern history, God is placing women in strategic positions of influence and leadership within the church, public, corporate, charity, and voluntary sectors, in unprecedented numbers. Women are called to flourish in these arenas. However, there are significant external and internal issues that hinder women in leadership in unique ways.
Book Review: 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership
By: Dorothy Hines | December 17, 2019
In her book, 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership, Kate Coleman outlines what she believes are the seven most destructive behaviors that women in leadership succumb to: limiting self-perceptions, failure to draw the line, inadequate personal vision, an unhealthy work-life rhythm, the ‘disease to please,' colluding instead of confronting, and neglecting family matters.
A Chance to Learn from Mary
By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | December 13, 2019
We invite you to journey with our writers as they rediscover Mary through theology, personal reflection, and real-world experiences with those who can give us insight into Mary.
The Marys of the Bible and the #MeToo Movement
By: Boaz Johnson | December 13, 2019
So, what does the Bible have to say in response to the issues raised by the #MeToo movement? It seems to me that the central response to this question is the name of Jesus the Messiah’s mother—Mary.
Mary for Teen Moms: Chosen by God
By: Joyce del Rosario | December 13, 2019
God called Mary to something much greater than her social location. I find it comforting to note that she was called “highly favored” before she said yes to God. It wasn’t her obedience that made her highly favored.
Their Broken Bodies: Mary and Jesus
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 13, 2019
In churches where men are welcomed as priests and leaders simply because they share the male body of Jesus and the twelve male disciples, we too easily assume that women’s bodies represent, by contrast, an inferiority.
Mary
By: Keren Dibbens-Wyatt | December 13, 2019
We have put you on a pedestal, scattered petals at your marble feet. Entombed now in stone, once their warm flesh danced in Cana