Category Archives: gender

On women reading the Bible

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

I thought about leaving this topic alone.  All day yesterday, as I saw the subject popping up on one site after another, I deliberately kept away from this blog; didn’t allow myself to start drafting a response in my head.  … Continue reading →

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The awesome six-pack of God?

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

My oldest daughter has been asking me many difficult spiritual questions lately, some of them prompted by interactions with Christians in other denominations:  “What about speaking in tongues?”; “Do we go straight to heaven when we die, or somewhere else?” … Continue reading →

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Link Salad: September 17, 2011

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

In the midst of Striker’s birthday weekend, I’ve got a few minutes to pass along some links I’ve been collecting. This essay on Fred Rogers, by a journalist who knew him, is very long, but beautiful and moving.  You were … Continue reading →

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Link Salad

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

I’ve got things to share, and none of them were created by me.  There are things on my mind, that I’d like to write about.  Like a defense of church, despite how screwed up it is.   And an exploration … Continue reading →

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Bachmann raises the question: can a submissive wife be a commanding president?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

I left my Google Reader unattended for several days and discovered something interesting when I came back to it:  item after item on “wifely submission”.  What drew all of the attention to this subject?  Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign.  As someone … Continue reading →

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More Ado Than Usual (on the Silencing of Women)

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

I had a huge response to yesterday’s post.  Okay, that was a joke.  I actually only got comments from two people here and a few more on Facebook, but that’s a lot more response than I usually get.  So yahtzee! … Continue reading →

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Good Christian Wives…..Keep Their Mouths Shut

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Or so it would appear from this video. Thanks (yet again) to Matthew Paul Turner for sharing this video at his site.  It certainly is a vivid example of the disturbing capacity that the church has to make half of … Continue reading →

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