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Behold! A Great Cloud of Women Witnesses in the Early Church
By: Kimberly Dickson | March 30, 2022
There is a cloud of women witnesses who have gone before us and who are surely a great encouragement in our faith. Unfortunately, even our own seminaries overlook and misconstrue them.
Mrs. Billie B. McClure: The Irony of Gender Discrimination in an Egalitarian Ministry
By: Janay Garrick | March 23, 2022
In 1970, Mrs. Billie B. McClure brought suit against the Salvation Army after realizing she was paid less than the men she served alongside. How the courts treated her case has had lasting effects in the US.
Out of Hiding: Five Books to Read this Women’s History Month
By: Katherine Ladd Smith | March 16, 2022
Women's History Month is an opportunity to celebrate and showcase women from all around the world. These books were written by women in different stages of life, with different experiences and perspectives.
What about Divorce?
By: David Instone-Brewer | March 14, 2022
Many churches forbid divorce even on the grounds of abuse or abandonment, so that even an innocent victim can find themselves without support from fellow Christians when they need it most. This is due to a misunderstanding of Jesus’ words on divorce.
International Women's Day and CBE
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 9, 2022
The face of exploitation and abuse continues to be a woman. What role can the church play in helping everyone understand the value and equal place women have in the world?
Honoring the Anguish and Ecstasy of Motherhood
By: Sarabeth Ng | March 5, 2022
This issue of Mutuality invites you to wrap yourself in the quilt of motherhood. Let us learn how to honor the varying embodied experiences of motherhood in all its forms.
My Body, Broken for You: Motherhood, Jesus, and Julian of Norwich
By: Juliann Bullock | March 5, 2022
What do Communion and breastfeeding have in common? Spiritual insights from one mother who has found great parallels between her journey as a mother and Jesus’s bodily sacrifice.
An Ethic of Sacredness and Justice: Recovering the Imago Dei of Mothers
By: Mayzie Mayfield | March 5, 2022
The church needs to do better in caring for the mental and physical health of mothers. A thorough understanding of Genesis 1 and 3 will help build a framework from which to act.
I Am More Than a Mother: Dismantling the Madness of the Motherhood Myth
By: Brenda-Lee Sasaki | March 5, 2022
One woman shares her church experience during her struggle with infertility. Her experience indicates a larger problem in the church: Christians still teach that motherhood is the ultimate fulfillment of biblical womanhood.
Mothering the Church
By: Kelly Crews Pelton | March 5, 2022
A poem meditating on how all women can influence—mother—the church toward gender equality.