by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Jul 18, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
This June, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) faced a pivotal moment, declining to accept a proposed amendment that would have severed ties with any church led by a woman pastor. While this decision might seem like a step forward for women’s ordination, it simply...
by Beth Allison Barr | Mar 23, 2021 | Opinion
“But you only work part time? So how many hours does that take you away from home during the week?” “Oh, you breastfeed? I figured you didn’t do that since you worked.” “Is your husband okay with you making more money than him?” These are just a sampling of the...
by Beth Allison Barr | Aug 17, 2020 | Opinion
The nothingness surprised me. I stepped over the low stone wall and walked down the path to the river. The water of the Brazos River stood still in the summer evening, reflecting only a slightly blurred image of the I-35 bridge crossing into downtown Waco, Texas....
by Beth Allison Barr | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion
Roman policy regarding independently wealthy women shifted during the Second Punic Wars when a law was passed in 215 BCE to restrict female property ownership and wealth. As I shared previously, the mindset contributing to such restrictions was revealed in a speech by...
by Beth Allison Barr | Jun 10, 2019 | Opinion
A defeated and cash-strapped Rome passed a new law in 215 BCE. The context was their greatest military defeat ever. As the first century Roman historian Livy cried, “Certainly, there is no other nation that would not have succumbed beneath such a weight of calamity.”...
