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Is God My Mother?
By: Juliann Bullock | October 29, 2020
Is it wrong to call God “Mother”? Can moms be a strong example of how God loves us? One writer returns to the text to find out by mining the feminine attributes for God given to the Israelites.
Claiming Consent in the Body of Christ
By: Brenda-Lee Sasaki | October 21, 2020
One woman’s story about experiencing sexual abuse and sexism in the #ChurchToo, and how learning about consent from Jesus can show us how to reclaim our God-given bodily agency and have healthy relationships.
Confronting Wonder Woman Syndrome: Female Pastors and the Pandemic
By: Michelle D. Williams | October 15, 2020
Female pastors are facing unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Wonder Woman Syndrome” leaves women feeling like they have to do everything perfectly. Here are some tips to help you cope.
Do Words Have Gender? Word Studies, Part 4
By: Jeff Miller | October 7, 2020
This is the fourth blog in a series on Bible word studies for egalitarians. This entry explores whether words have gender and shows how the grammatical gender in Hebrew and Greek show up in Bible translation.
How Much Does a Word Mean? Word Studies, Part 3
By: Jeff Miller | September 30, 2020
This is the third in a series about Bible word studies and translation for egalitarians. This entry focuses on a particular instance of a word doesn’t contain all the meaning that the word can carry in 1 Timothy 2.
Proving My Virginity: Deuteronomy, Pap Smears, and the Hymen Myth
By: Christine Woolgar | September 23, 2020
I know that lack of sex and consent education harmed my husband’s and my sex life in the early years of our marriage. But as I look back, I realize that’s only one side of the coin. The other was biblical illiteracy.
Who Is More Like Jesus, Cinderella or the Prince?
By: Amelia Smith | September 16, 2020
Instead of allowing fairy tales to reinforce gender stereotypes, Christians can use them as an opportunity to show girls how they can live out the calling of all followers of Christ to follow in his footsteps.
Announcing the 2020 CBE Writing Contest Winners!
By: CBE International | September 9, 2020
This summer, CBE International held our fourth annual writing contest! We received many quality, insightful submissions, making our job of picking these fifteen winners very difficult.
Let These Women Lead
By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | September 5, 2020
These writers see a way forward for us to achieve true justice and full equality for all women and men. Let them lead us in our shared commitment to mutuality.
“She Is in Bitter Distress”: A Womanist Ethic of Advocacy
By: CL Nash | September 5, 2020
In this article, we will observe how the Shunammite woman reacts to her situation with an interpretive lens that is similar to womanist thinking; her story can be found in 2 Kings 4:8–37.