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Mirroring a Creative Creator with Art
By: Camilla Swain | June 5, 2003
For many, it is not only the intellect that needs to receive the message of biblical equality: An individual’s heart and imagination also need to receive the message of freedom and wholeness. The arts are a beautiful tool for guiding us to consider how life could be.
Mural Communicates Reconciliation to Chicago Neighborhood
By: Donna C. Fujimoto | June 5, 2003
The Uptown neighborhood of Chicago is a crowded urban setting where the skies are smudged with pollution, and pavements have stifled out most greenery except weeds and a few stunted trees. Is this a place where the message of God’s care for humanity can be heard?
Compassion Through a Camera Lens
By: Joanne Nystrom Janssen | June 5, 2003
After September 11, 2001, the news was bursting with reports of women in Afghanistan, who were required to follow a restrictive dress code, banned from working outside the home, and denied access to medical treatment and education.
The Power of Story: Acclaimed Author Infuses Literature with Equality
By: Joanne Nystrom Janssen | June 5, 2003
Acclaimed author Walter Wangerin Jr. discovered the power of story in a childhood Sunday School class. “I remember that a teacher of mine would tell a biblical story, and I literally just packed up my bags and moved into that story,” said Wangerin. “I was Zaccheus in the tree.”
Ten Lies the Church Tells Women
By: J. Lee Grady | June 5, 2003
I’ve identified 10 erroneous views about women that have been circulated in the church, preached from pulpits and written in the study notes of popular Bible translations for too long. I believe we must debunk these lies if we want to see the church released to fulfill the Great Commission.
Living into the Hard Choices
By: Dee Dee Risher | March 5, 2003
I’ve been drawn to a powerful but obscure story nestled in the Hebrew Bible. I’ve come to see the story as a metaphor for the struggle we all face in seeking to incarnate God’s way of justice and peace in our unique situations. In 2 Kings 4:8–37, we find the tale of an [...]
Growing a Multicultural Organization
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 5, 2003
The student council at the seminary I attended called a special meeting to decide one matter: Should supporters of biblical equality have access to student funds to host forums on gender equality, when only a portion of the student body supports this position? In fact, should gender egalitarians be represented on student council at all?& [...]
CBE Celebrates 15th Anniversary
By: Joanne Nystrom Janssen | March 5, 2003
Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE) has come a long way in 15 years, according to Susan McCoubrie. As CBE’s first membership coordinator, she remembers when the organization’s membership information was organized in a recipe box on a TV tray.
Biblical Reconciliation 101
By: Victoria Peterson-Hilleque | March 5, 2003
Quick Bible quiz: Name one African person in the Bible. Did you mention Hagar, Simon of Cyrene or Apollos of Alexandria? What about the Ethiopian eunuch, or Queen Candace? If none of these characters came to mind, perhaps it’s due to a lack of understanding of the cultural and ethnic forces at [...]
Red and Yellow, Black and White: Racial Inequality in the American Church
By: Julia Bloom | March 5, 2003
To be white and middle class in America is to be a participant in a privileged power structure. Often unknowingly, we lay poverty and discrimination at the door of communities of color. The challenge to white middle-class people who follow Jesus is to begin to notice the cries of pain from these communities.