Category Archives: Bible

The Lord Has Come: Lace Up Your Boots (A Sermon for Christmas Sunday)

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Sharon Autenrieth

22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses,Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is … Continue reading →

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American Christianity’s no-cost discipleship

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Sharon Autenrieth

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, leader in the German Confessing Church Today one of my … Continue reading →

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Scripture in the hands of an angry woman

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

It’s been a long time.  When last I wrote it was summer,  I was glorying in my new running habit, and I was looking forward to my first 5K.  I’ve now done three 5Ks and I’m trying to figure out … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 1, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

I grew up in a mid-sized town in central Missouri.  I suppose I felt about my hometown as most children do.  It’s playgrounds and schools and corner stores were the geography of my world.  My notions of wealth were drawn … Continue reading →

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A letter to our sisters, on biblical womanhood in heavenly places

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

Yesterday Julie Anne at Spiritual Sounding posted this response to an article at cbmw.org.  That’s the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, the flagship organization for complementarian theology.  I was alarmed by the excerpts in Julie Anne’s piece, so I … Continue reading →

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Radio Silence and Advent Hope

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

Day 2 of Advent, my favorite season on the church calendar.  Yesterday I taught a lesson on Zechariah and Elizabeth and one of the commentaries I read mentioned the “400 years of prophetic silence” that Israel had endured before, suddenly, … Continue reading →

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Grace in the Valley of Baka

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

This is one of my favorite passages from the Psalms, specifically from Psalm 84: Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a … Continue reading →

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A footnote on modesty: for my children

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

There are definitely pitfalls in the teaching of modesty, and I appreciate you opening them up for consideration and discussion. In the past such criticism has made me uncomfortable, firstly because I fear a straw-man representation of the culture I … Continue reading →

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A footnote on modesty: Why no one gets to drop the mic

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

I received more responses than usual to the modesty post, both here and on Facebook.  Thank you!  Some of you had follow up questions challenging me to propose an alternative to what I was critiquing, especially in regard to parenting.  … Continue reading →

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Talking back to patriarchy, part 4: Joining the great modesty debate

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

In the last year or so there have been approximately two million blog posts on modesty.  This post will make it two million and one.  Approximately.  These posts are not about the kind of modesty that deflects praise – “Oh, … Continue reading →

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