Category Archives: feminism

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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Homeschoolers, we can do better

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

I’m going to keep my input short and sweet today, and then turn the mic over to the gentleman in the photo above.  That’s Kevin Swanson.  He’s a homeschool graduate and a homeschooling father of five, a minister in the … Continue reading →

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5 Things That I’d Like to Talk About….

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

….but I’m not sure that’s possible, without starting a ruckus. I’ve seen so many interesting things over the last few weeks, during my blogging break.  So can I just leave a few of them here to share with you? And … Continue reading →

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A Patriarch Takes a Fall: Doug Phillips Resigns

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

Douglas Phillips resigned as director of Vision Forum Ministries a few days ago, citing a “lengthy, inappropriate relationship with a woman” other than his wife, Beall.  You can read his statement here. If you know who Douglas Phillips is at … Continue reading →

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Miley Cyrus holds up the mirror, and it doesn’t look good

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

The Video Music Awards were not on my radar. This is probably not surprising: I’m in my late 40s, I haven’t watched MTV in years, and I am not the target audience for this particular awards show. But yesterday I … 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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Talking back to patriarchy, part 3: It all comes down to authority

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

“But saints are those who are obliged to come to terms with authority structures which come from the hand of God.” – Sarah Faith Schlissel, “Daddy’s Girl” Consider the case of Sarah Faith Schlissel.  The quote above, offering a definition … Continue reading →

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Talking back to patriarchy, part 2: Watch your language!

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

Complementarian, egalitarian, Christian feminist, biblical patriarchy…do you automatically attach negative connotations to any of those words?  Or positive?  Do any of them sound hopelessly arcane, or jargony?  I tossed around all of those terms in my last post and I … Continue reading →

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