The Intervention of Zipporah: Protector of Moses
One of the things I love about the Bible is that has so much to say about the ability and calling of women…
How to Walk Through a Door When a Woman Holds It Open
We don’t know how to walk through a door when a woman holds it open. We’re so conditioned to receive teaching and leadership…
Why We Need to Talk about Domestic Violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and I hadn’t intended to write about it. Aside from helping a friend through a horrible situation…
1 Timothy 2: Paul’s Original Language, Timothy’s Original Context
Throughout history, the church has been characterized by a male-dominated social hierarchy. This worldview has been so pervasive that some even consider it…
Why We Should Pray like Hannah!
During my freshman year at a conservative Christian high school, my keyboarding teacher suddenly fell ill. That week, after our regularly scheduled chapel…
Women and Men: Co-Creators from the Beginning
This task, to make beautiful things, is for both genders. But for centuries the world has given men the entire landscape and limited…
Chanting for Change in the Coptic Church
I was born to Coptic parents who moved to America from Egypt because of the increasing persecution against Christians. Growing up, my family’s…
Women in Church Leadership Isn’t a Secondary Issue
When a friend of mine asked me to screen sponsorship mail for a local non-profit, I was expecting to be deeply moved. But…
The New Wine of the Kingdom: Equality in the Church
… no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say.” Jesus in…
Becoming a Champion of Women: One Pastor’s Journey
I have recently arrived at a new place in my approach to the subject of women in ministry. While I am not proud…
Were the Twelve Apostles all Male?
An argument often brought up in discussions about women in church leadership is that Jesus’ twelve apostles[1] were all male, and, because there…
10 Ways Male Privilege Shows Up in the Church
Part of a conversation overheard at Starbucks: “You’re a white American male with a college degree. The world is your oyster - don’t…
More than Two Paths to Egalitarianism?
last week Tim presented some thoughts about two different paths people sometimes take to get to an egalitarian perspective: the path of "rights"…
Two Paths to Affirming Women’s Ordination
With the Church of England’s recent vote to begin ordaining women as bishops, the issue of women’s ordination has once again been in…
Phebe Willets: (Woman) Preacher of the 1700s
The most prominent of my ancestors was a cousin, Elias Hicks (1748-1930), who brought Quakerism to a famous schism in North America. Though…