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The Challenges of Communication
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | August 11, 2010
As of late, I find myself trying to reach across severe language barriers. Although Massachusetts is not a large state, it stands seventh highest in number of legal immigrants who live within its border. So many have such deep needs and so limited an ability to even communicate them. I try so very hard to [...]
Masculinity & the Fruit of the Spirit
By: Guest Author | August 5, 2010
I wonder what comes to mind when one meditates on the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23). Does the thought of gender even come into the picture?
Head of the House?
By: Alvera Mickelsen | August 4, 2010
Many evangelicals believe that the Bible teaches that God has ordained that the husband is the "head of the house" and is the one through whom God speaks to the family.Usually, this is based on a verse or two in the writings of Paul, such as Ephesians 5:22. (Such teachers fail to mention Ephesians 5:21—"submit [...]
Crowns Off
By: Laura Robinson | July 28, 2010
The word “princess” seems to be taking over Christian pop culture and women’s ministry in the days since the Captivatingcraze. Every fall when I go to women’s retreats, I usually have to set aside a junk drawer just for the storage of plastic crowns that I receive, until I can donate them to [...]
Feminization of the Church (Part 2)
By: Lisa Baumert | July 21, 2010
When you think of Jesus, who do you imagine? Does an image of a kind, blonde-haired young man in a white robe surrounded by little children come to mind? Do you view Jesus as a tough, commanding, radical who spoke truth to power? Has your vision of Jesus, like mine, been shaped by the soft-focused [...]
Womanhood and Manhood as Human Constructs
By: Liz Sykes | July 17, 2010
There's no denying that God created humans male and female. Everyone would agree on that fact. However, any instructions to God's people in the Old Testament and Jesus' disciples in the New Testament are pertaining to how to relate to God and each other. The ten commandments embrace all of the experiences of life at [...]
Feminization of the Church (Part 1)
By: Lisa Baumert | July 14, 2010
Kindness, gentleness, love, peace, joy. Would you be more likely to describe these character traits as “masculine” or “feminine”? If you answered “feminine,” you would not be alone—but you would be wrong. These are human traits—neither exclusively feminine nor masculine. Yet, our society and the church seem overly comfortable associating these attributes as feminine. When is the [...]
Willing to Help
By: Guest Author | July 8, 2010
You know, of course, the story of The Little Red Hen and her friends—a duck, a cat and a pig (or a goose and dog and whatever animal your favorite version has). The Little Red Hen found a grain of wheat and, deciding to plant it, she asked who would help.
Saved Through Childbearing
By: Jon Zens | July 7, 2010
Certainly one of the most puzzling remarks in Paul’s writings is found in 1 Timothy 2:15, “But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety” (TNIV). This verse has spawned a host of widely divergent interpretations.
"Such" vs. "Other"
By: Jeff Miller | June 30, 2010
Some interpreters have argued that Paul himself considered his words limiting women directly applicable not only to the women of Corinth (in the case of 1 Cor. 14) and Ephesus (in the case of 1 Tim. 2), but to all women in his era.