I am so, so tired of Christian women blaming Eve for everything. And since the adage is true that if I am not part of the solution, I am part of the problem, it is way past time I set the record straight. I will no longer allow my silence to perpetuate the lie.
It was 1952 when 5 women knocked on a California door and asked Audrey Wetherell Johnson to teach them a portion of the Bible. She wrote: These were all earnest Christian women, well versed in Bible content. My heart fell! What had I come to? There in San Bernardino was such an abundance of churches […]
Last I heard, six partners or more is considered medically promiscuous. That’s six total partners – consecutive and/or concurrent. I grew up with a girl who became sexually involved with a man from the neighborhood. She was sixteen, he was thirty-two and married – he said his wife was a bitch. She was too young […]
“The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:” Psalm 68:11 I read yesterday’s post to my daughter. All I wanted to know was a) Is it too long? and b) Is it boring? I did not like the grin on her face when I looked up from reading. […]
Whenever I see something that causes my soul to despair the opening line of Paint it Black (Rolling Stones) hums in my head. This morning, skipping church to look after Dixie, I had a little internet with my coffee and I discovered that the same people who brought us The Mask You Live In (the […]
Just a quick observation, because it’s time: Have you noticed that whenever a Mark Driscoll wannabe promulgates misogynistic nonsense he quotes only Paul? And when a (presumably) well-intentioned pastor preaches on the leadership of men, he too exclusively quotes Paul. Blogging pastors who warn Christian men against marrying 10 types of women also quote Paul. […]
Yesterday’s post ended with Anne saying: So I said, “Father, I hear you, I know what you are saying, but I have to ask you one more question and then we’ll just put this issue to bed, but what did Paul mean when he told Timothy, ‘I permit not a woman to teach or have […]
Dear Blogging Buddies, In my very first post I mentioned that I would be taking 20 women to a big hotel on a small island for a weekend of teaching and refreshment. The event is now one week away. Needless to say, I will be working like a maniac between now and then and I […]
Exodus chapter 12 describes, well, the exodus, the mass departure of the Israelites from Egypt. On the night they were to leave God instructed them to roast a lamb and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They were to eat in haste with their loins girded, sandals on their feet and staff in […]
Classes began as usual at 8:30 a.m. at the Bath Consolidated School. At 8:45 a.m. an explosion tore through half the school. First-grade teacher Bernice Sterling described the explosion as being like an earthquake: “It seemed as though the floor went up several feet”, she said. “… the air seemed to be full of children […]
