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6 Things I Pray for My Granddaughters
By: Susanne Maynes | August 27, 2018
I pray regularly for all my grandchildren, but I find myself praying for the girls in particular because of the prejudice and exclusion they will likely face as females.
Let's Stop Telling Our Girls That Beauty Can Redeem the Beast
By: Tina Osterhouse | August 22, 2018
How should we deal with the Beauty and the Beast motif in our culture? Particularly, how do we deal with this motif in the era of #MeToo and #ChurchToo?
After the Report on Clergy Abuse in Pennsylvania, How Should We Pray?
By: Rachel Asproth | August 21, 2018
A brutal grand jury report on clergy abuse of minors in Pennsylvania was published last week. It details a mass cover-up of sexual abuse of minors by more than three hundred priests in Pennsylvania, and outlines the procedures churches employed to protect predatory priests and conceal sexual abuse.
Is the Gospel the Antidote to Misogyny?
By: Dorothy Greco | August 14, 2018
Given our legacy of broken relationships and deeply entrenched misogynistic practices, how can we follow Jesus’s example and create a culture where the full flourishing of both men and women is normative?
After Willow Creek: How Can Churches Make Women Feel Safe Again?
By: Kelly Ladd Bishop | August 9, 2018
After a sin like the mishandling of abuse allegations is made public, can a church heal? What is next for this church? After a betrayal on this level, how can women in the congregation feel safe? What steps must the church take towards healing?
How Did We Get Here?: Misogyny in the Church and World
By: Dorothy Greco | August 8, 2018
In order to create a new and better path, we must examine our deeply embedded patriarchal patterns and learn from them.
Book Review: Threads of Wisdom
By: LeAnn Van Cleef-Trimmer | August 8, 2018
In Threads of Wisdom, Caroline Mendez responds to a vacuum that exists for Christian women in business. There is little opportunity for them to engage with other Christian businesswomen about how to use their God-given abilities in the workplace while at the same time giving expression to their faith.
Imagining a Feminine God: Gendered Imagery in the Bible
By: Abigail Dolan | July 31, 2018
"In many modern churches, only masculine language for God is deemed acceptable. This restriction is historically and, more importantly, biblically unfounded ... By having an essentially masculine view of God, we blind ourselves to other ways we may connect to God and understand God. This not only distorts our image of God, but a purely masculine [...]
Philemon in Light of Galatians 3:28
By: Nikki Holland | July 31, 2018
"Although the people living in the Greco-Roman world might not have been able to imagine a world in which slavery does not exist, Paul’s churches leave the hierarchy of slavery behind as part of the world that is passing away, along with ethnic division and gender hierarchy. Paul removes the power differential from Philemon [...]
The “Weaker Sex” or a Weak Translation? Strengthening our Interpretation of 1 Peter 3:7
By: John Nugent | July 31, 2018
John C. Nugent argues that "Peter was not, in fact, affirming that women are weaker. Rather, he was asking men to lay aside their cultural advantage and to win over their unbelieving wives in the same Christlike manner that slaves, women, and the wider community were called to non-coercively welcome Gentiles into the chorus of [...]