Living, Learning & Always Writing
I first posted this April 21, 2005. Almost exactly nine months later, I found out I was expecting Caroline. For those who read here who will be celebrating Mother’s Day while dealing with loss, I just want to say I do understand in some small way how difficult Mother’s Day can be. May God bless you with comfort this weekend. ************************************************* Yesterday...
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My Bible opened to Isaiah 52 this morning. I spent some time meditating on the following Scriptures and hope you are encouraged by them as well. Remember… You are abundantly blessed in Christ! Cherish your blessings. Rest in your blessings. Rejoice in your blessings! How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who...
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I’ve been collecting many links related to these topics and have decided to place them in their own post. I know I will never have time to write about each of them so here is a little blurb with each link. The Truth about “Effeminate Worship” is a great read in which the author picks apart some recent posts by Douglas Wilson. Don’t miss the part about pink being for boys...
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Found this floating around the internet. It draws some brilliant parallels with some of the inane reasons given for why women shouldn’t lead in the church. I looked for an author, but couldn’t find one. If anyone knows who wrote it, please let me know! 10. A man’s place is in the army. 9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of...
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Lately David and I have been discussing a few major themes related to the issue of women in the church. I love how God will deliver to me just the right article or book to tie together some of those topics. Here are some of the things I’ve been reading lately that I have found very encouraging and helpful. I will be adding these to my Women in the Church Resources page, but I think I want...
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Yesterday I turned 45. I’ve lived a lot of life and experienced quite a bit in those 45 years. When I said in a recent post (Macho men and dudes are the key to the future of the church) that I believed we were going to see a person’s views on the roles of men and women in the church become a measuring stick for being a true believer, I think some who read here might have been...
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Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords from Yahoo! – I cannot believe they actually ask this and expect people to comply. Are they out of their minds? The steady loss of privacy in this country is truly scary. “Fuzzy” sorority sisters united, strong in their grief from Cleveland.com – This was such a sad story about the Alpha Xi Delta sorority sisters killed by...
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I’ve been splitting my mental energy between March Madness and sorting through the reading I’ve been doing on the church. If you are a newer reader you might not be totally aware of my love of college basketball. It is the only sport I follow. I follow MSU football, but I don’t follow college football. I follow the Detroit Tigers, but I don’t follow MLB. I follow college...
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I mentioned in a comment on my previous post that I had another story to link. This story comes from the site Resignation of Eve which is also the name of the book written by Jim Henderson. (I haven’t read it.) The post Oops…700 Club Reporter is Wrong Gender for Church Service includes a real life story shared by Kathy Chiero, one of the women featured in the book. She writes: My...
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One of my goals is to gradually produce a page of excellent resources for those studying all issues related to women in the church. This evening I added a number of new articles and links on my Women in the Church Resources page. All of the new links are clearly marked with today’s date. Some of them are more introductory and some are pretty meaty. If you are ever looking for a specific...
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I haven’t been ignoring people’s comments! We’ve gone from a tummy bug (Caroline) to colds (David and now Caroline) and on to strep (Caroline) here. Thankfully I’ve avoided all of them so far. All those years of catching everything when I taught little ones at school has paid some dividends! Hopefully back to regular commenting and posting now… The ladies at...
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A few weeks ago I wrote Reflections on Fifteen Years of Marriage. I wrote it about the same time Sarah wrote In which [love looks like] a mirror of the mystery. It was a beautiful post about being blessed with a good marriage. She followed it up with In which I apoligise for yesterday’s post after feeling that perhaps it hurt people’s feelings. While I’m not one to argue if...
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