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In Sickness, Never Health: A Mutual Marriage
By: Keren Dibbens-Wyatt | December 7, 2020
Certainty that your loved one will treat you as an equal ought to be a given, but we all know that not every church teaches the importance or even legitimacy of egalitarian marriage. How could I be assured that this was as important to the man proposing as it was to me?
She Leads with Confidence: Profile of a Pastor at Midlife
By: Sarah Lindsay | December 7, 2020
As a woman who has come more fully into her leadership gifts as she’s aged, her story offers both inspiration to other leaders and a challenge to the church to fully incorporate the gifts of women at all ages.
Friends (and Equals) Forever
By: Nils Swanson | December 7, 2020
Friends are equals, and to lay down my life for my wife I also need to see her as my friend, as my equal, including in our circumstances today.
Crossing Age and Gender Barriers
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 7, 2020
We have many reasons to work beside women sharpened by the Holy Spirit through years of faithful service. Yet sexism and ageism—demons that travel together—continue to rob the church of God’s richest resources.
A Rose
By: R. R. Wyatt | December 7, 2020
An Evangelical Press Association award winning poem: God gave me a rose, A delicate thing and beautiful, Trembling in the breath of God, Tearful in the showered rain.
Good Morning! Waking Up to Racism and Sexism
By: Barbara L. Peacock | December 2, 2020
One woman shares a story about her everyday encounters with racism and sexism and the double bind women of color experience. She also explores how we can see one another as God’s image bearers, regardless of race or sex.
Silence—A Response to Abuse in the Church
By: Candice Carr | November 24, 2020
A victim-advocate shares her own story of domestic abuse and how her church responded. She also gives tips for how churches can teach congregants to recognize gender-based abuse and release victims from their silence.
To Change or Not to Change: How Egalitarian Couples Navigate Last Names
By: Camden Morgante | November 18, 2020
Traditionally, a woman changes her last name to her husband’s when she gets married. But some are questioning whether that tradition should stay the same. We explore the options couples have.
How Patriarchy Hurts Men
By: David Hart | November 11, 2020
One man’s reflections on seeing men cry and our expectations for male emotions. This article also highlights how the church reinforces these unhealthy expectations and how gender equality could free men.
Blessed Are the Harmonizers
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | November 4, 2020
CBE President Mimi Haddad urges us to be harmonizers and find unity as God’s family during this season of polarization and division. She shows how Jesus modeled this by including marginalized women.