6 Reasons to Include Women Elders on Your Church Board: Part 2
In the end, you see, it’s not about effectiveness, although adding women to your church board will certainly have an impact on that.…
6 Reasons to Include Women Elders on Your Church Board: Part 1
Contrary to what you may have heard, egalitarians do NOT believe men and women are "the same". We are keenly aware of the…
5 Ways to Avoid Undermining Your Theology of Gender
I was a complementarian for more than 20 years. I believed that women should not serve as church elders or senior pastors, that…
Biblical Manhood…or Biblical Jesus?
A lot of things are being said these days about being a "biblical man". It just seems like many people are using scripture…
To Lead or Not to Lead: The Right Question for Christian Men?
“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness” the firm foundation of male authority? There is a movement today…
Why I am a Feminist and an Egalitarian (And Why They Aren’t the Same Thing)
Feminism vs Egalitarianism I am both a feminist and a biblical egalitarian. These two are not the same. In fact, I believe that…
The Deceived Shall Teach our Children?
One day I was leaving my Christian Ethics class, having just discussed masculinity, industrialization, and lots of other great stuff. On my way…
A Place for All Women in the Church?
I recently turned 43, and the 40s bring a sense of clarity that eludes us in our 20s and 30s (I’ll probably say…
Were the Disciples Unschooled Ordinary Men?
Did twelve ordinary, uneducated men start the Church? No, God used a larger group of both men and women disciples with varying backgrounds.…
Why I Am Womanist & Feminist (and it has nothing to do with hating men)
Now is not the time to blame women or consistently accuse us of complaining, ranting and raving and hating men. For many of…
Lost In Translation: A Look at 1 Timothy 2:12-15
In Lost in Translation, Part 1, Bob showed that some words in the Bible are translated differently when they refer to women as…
No Middle Ground for Women in the Church
There was a time I tried to keep both a hierarchical view of authority in the church and a freedom for women to…
5 Things I Wish Male Egalitarian Pastors Would Do
Dear Male Egalitarian Pastors, I have something I need to tell you, and it’s a bit tough to say. Before I do, I…
Lost In Translation: Phoebe, Servant or Minister?
Though inequality makes some of my complementarian friends uneasy, they hold fast to their beliefs nonetheless. They do this, some tell me, because…
Living Between the Mommy Wars
When I was pregnant, a friend of mine told me that her mother hadn’t been much into babies. She chuckled a bit as…