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Empowering Girls to Lead, Minister, and Serve
By: Jamie Youngs Watkins | January 7, 2015
The world needs more women leaders. If we want that to happen, we need to start with teen girls.
Ecclesial Care of Single Mothers
By: Shaun Short | September 27, 2014
Single parents constitute a fair portion of the global population at this point, an overwhelming majority of whom are women. How much support do we in our Christian communities actually offer to single mothers in need? How many churches have a ‘single mothers ministry’? Are we doing enough to make single mothers feel welcome in [...]
Family's Influence
By: Susan Harris Howell | September 24, 2014
In a culture that could have been limiting, I'm grateful God gave me a family that fostered freedom from those limitations. Whom do you credit with freeing you from limitations?
Motherhood and Identity
By: Kendall Potter | September 10, 2014
New parents are overwhelmed with advice. There are websites, blogs, and, of course, people full of opinions on how you should raise your children. There are theories, experts, and condemnation on everything from diapering to sleep.
The Harmful Practice of Patriarchy: The Tenets Need to Go, Too (Part 2)
By: Chris Jeub | July 23, 2014
The culture of patriarchy stems from the tenets discussed in Part 1, but there are two subtle deceptions that have created unhealthy homeschool environments.
A Rose by Any Other Name...
By: Susan Harris Howell | July 19, 2014
While growing up in the 1960s, I heard women in our neighborhood complain about being called housewives. “I am not married to a house!” they would say. Of course the term typically meant that they were wives who spent their time caring for a house and those in it. But still, it offended these women [...]
The Tenets Need to Go, Too (Part 1)
By: Chris Jeub | July 16, 2014
The number-one tenet in the mind of a patriarchal believer is that God is male in nature. The idea that fathers have a God-given authority in every facet of life, especially the family, stems from the first of Phillips' seven tenets, and probably the most important in his mind.
The Workaholic Mom?
By: Susan Harris Howell | June 25, 2014
“What pushes someone toward becoming a workaholic?” “What do we get out of spending too much time at work at the expense of our families?” These are the questions we pondered recently in a Sunday School class I attend.
Bold Girls Speak: Girls of the Bible Come Alive Today
By: Mary Stromer Hanson | June 25, 2014
Why are young women often not actively nurtured and encouraged in their church families and Christian education? Could it be that they need biblical models and mentors? Where do girls see themselves in the Bible? Hardly at all, as in the world at large, they find themselves overlooked.
Modeling Gender Equality in Children’s Stories
By: Naomi Krueger | April 16, 2014
I recently watched a TED Talk by Colin Stokes called “How movies teach manhood.” The ideas expressed in this talk struck a chord in me and got me thinking about the role models—and the villains—we present to children. Far too often the villains are women—wicked witches, evil sorceresses, evil queens, and evil [...]