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My Daughters Need To See Women Preachers, And So Do I
By: Sarah Lindsay | October 10, 2017
A few years ago, when my middle daughter was three, we were discussing her favorite preschool job: leading the lunchtime prayer. I said that maybe she could be a pastor, like our own pastor Todd, when she grew up.
Book Review: When Momma Speaks: The Bible and Motherhood from A Womanist Perspective
By: Kaitlin Curtice | September 5, 2017
“The purpose of the stories about biblical mothers falls on literary and socially deaf ears unless they mean something to twenty-first-century mothers,” Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder writes in When Momma Speaks. This is the essence of Crowder’s mission: to forge a story connection between biblical mothers of color and modern African American mothers.
Brokering Peace: Egalitarian Theology Meets the “Mommy Wars”
By: Sarah Lindsay | June 5, 2017
Most of us have heard about the Mommy Wars: the tension between mothers who stay at home and those who work.
President's Message: Equal Parenting, Healthier Children
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 5, 2017
It has been said that one of the best things married parents can do for their children is to invest in a healthy relationship with each other. When it comes to a father, there are two fundamentals that cannot be ignored: the way a father lives in partnership with his wife, and his emotional investment [...]
A Father's Brain: Four Ways Fatherhood Affects the Brain
By: Aaron Sathyanesan | March 5, 2017
Over the decades, psychologists have gathered quite a lot of data on fatherhood and the role it plays in the lives of children. For example, there is data from social and developmental psychology which tells us that parental rejection affects children more when it stems from fathers. But what does the hard science of biology [...]
Five Tips for Navigating Egalitarian Fatherhood
By: Rob Dixon | March 5, 2017
Being an egalitarian father is not for the faint of heart, but here are five tips for thriving in this vital role.
Delighting in Fatherhood: Four Ways for Dads to Embrace Nurturing
By: Daniel DeVries | March 5, 2017
Fatherhood has been a deeply meaningful and formative experience for me. I love it. When Christians talk about fatherhood, we like to make it about things like leadership, authority, provision, and so on.
A Celebration of Dads Who Nurture
By: Tim Krueger | March 5, 2017
My dad showed me that a great father, like a good man, is defined not by strength, but by tenderness. A great father doesn’t run from his feelings, but knows and communicates them. He is fully invested in the nurturing of his children.
Defending My Daughters Against Rape Culture
By: Eugene Hung | March 5, 2017
Just as violence against women and girls has its roots in rape culture, rape culture in turn has its roots in a patriarchal worldview. This doesn’t mean that men with a patriarchal worldview necessarily harm women and girls; the vast majority, of course, do not.
Paying Attention to Fatherhood: Why I Stepped Down from Pastoral Ministry
By: Touger Thao | March 5, 2017
For too long, I’ve made excuses for not being present and for being less than a full partner in the life of my family. To be a father means to not just hope for a world where my wife and daughters can flourish; it means helping to bring that world into being.