The conversation on “masculine” Christianity continues…
Thanks to Rachel Stone for linking to Tim’s recent guest post here on Deep Breathing for the Soul in her excellent article on the Her.meneutics blog today. Piper likes to stir the pot, but I think he...
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Can Women Relate to a Male Savior?
Blogger and theolgian Sharon Hodde Miller ponders this question in an excellent post on her blog today. Click over to sheworships.com to read it. Great question to grapple with, and I think her answer...
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Collaborative leadership
I’m guest blogging at the Gifted for Leadership blog this week on Collaborative Leadership. Please click through, read my post, leave a comment and share the link! The most efficient way to lead, if...
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Your true voice
To speak the truth–it is a Christian value, arguably. And yet, many of us are afraid to say what’s in our hearts, hesitant to reveal ourselves too completely. We have learned, over the years, whether...
View ArticleDid Jesus have women as disciples?
Are women to be excluded from church leadership because Jesus’ 12 disciples were men? Believe it or not, in 2013 there are still churches that believe this, who use it as an argument against the...
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Of babies and bathwater
“In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity.” This quote, often attributed to Augustine, is believed to have been actually penned by a seventeenth century German Lutheran...
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Does church help us live like Jesus?
It’s Monday. How was church yesterday (if you went)? What, if anything, did you learn or discover while investing an hour or two in your local church? Did going to church yesterday help you to live...
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Why girls need feminist dads
Our 21-year-old daughter called my husband’s cell phone one evening last week. “Dad, I’m on a quick break during class but I wanted to ask you: do you self-identify as a feminist?” “Well, yes, I would...
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The mothering God gives
Mother’s Day can be rough. If you’re childless but not by choice, if you recently lost your mom, if you have ever lost a child, Mother’s Day can simply hurt. If you’re in a mothering role, maybe for...
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What the Bible really says about women: Can women preach?
First in an occasional series. “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see...
View ArticleNow, more than ever, we must show the world what Jesus followers really are
Two days ago, America elected a racist, misogynist, Islamophobic, homophobic bully who brags about assaulting women. According to shocked analysts, eighty-one percent of evangelical voters supported...
View ArticleThe “crisis” in the blogosphere
According to Christianity Today, as a spiritual blogger, speaker and author, I’m part of a “crisis in the church.” I agree there’s a crisis, but I disagree on what exactly that crisis entails. What...
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