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The Recognizable Body of Christ
By: Megan Greulich | March 5, 2011
This issue of Mutuality begins (and continues) many good conversations, as our authors explore beauty, gender, and faith from various perspectives.
A Letter to My Baby Girl
By: MaryAnn Nguyen-Kwok | March 5, 2011
Before you were born, your father and I chose not to learn your gender. We knew we'd love you and raise you with the same values and opportunities—boy or girl. When the doctor announced that you were a girl, we were overjoyed.
Leaving Beauty Behind
By: Bethany Nelson | March 5, 2011
You’re not pretty enough. I’ve heard that voice in my head ever since I was a little girl. It didn’t matter if I got straight A’s, if my poem won a contest in school, if I succeeded in a spelling bee. As I grew older, the voice became more shrill [...]
Ten Fun Ways Youth Groups Can Begin to Think About Beauty and Body Image...Biblically
By: Margot Starbuck | March 5, 2011
Today women and girls are bombarded with messages meant to persuade us that we’re not really acceptable the way we are. And even though we’ve been told, at church, that “God thinks you’re beautiful,” we’re not feeling the love. Because it’s much easier to believe what we receive from the [...]
A Crown of Thorns: Why I'm Exchanging Princess-ship for Discipleship
By: Laura Robinson | March 5, 2011
All of a sudden, it seemed that paper crowns were everywhere in the Christian community, distributed to women with a discussion about how we are all princesses. It was a candy-coated, conviction-free reminder I got every time I walked into a women’s discipleship group, youth ministry, or Christian bookstore—you are a princess because [...]
No Longer “Blind”
By: Kristine Lowder | December 5, 2010
Besides the inspiring story, what I appreciated most about The Blind Side is that a Christian woman is portrayed as something other than a meek and mild subordinate, glitzy sidekick, or an anemic “helper.”
Moving out of Captivity
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 5, 2010
We must educate women and men that they are human and Christian before they are male or female, rich or poor, black or white, and so forth. This is the teaching of Scripture, and we are stronger in our service when we embrace our renewal in Christ above all else.
Chivalry vs. Servanthood
By: Amanda Beattie | March 5, 2010
Many people today mourn the death of chivalry. However, if we consent to let it go, choosing instead to embrace Christlike servanthood, I very much suspect we will never even miss it.
Book Review: Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
By: Cynthia Long Westfall | January 31, 2010
Both scholars and laypeople will appreciate the way that Bailey brings biblical episodes to life and provides new focuses and perspectives in the stories. In a way, his description of parables as extended metaphors reflects the contribution of his entire book. Bailey has effectively permitted us to take up residence in a Middle Eastern house [...]
Scripture Affirms Women's Leadership in All Spheres
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 5, 2009
But for those of us steeped in the history of early egalitarians, the political prominence women enjoy today can be understood as a direct extension of the gains earned for women by early evangelicals and their biblical support for women’s suffrage.