by Mitch Carnell | Jun 12, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The Southern Baptist Convention is meeting this week in Indianapolis and the subject of women in ministry is, once again, on the table. A version of the following reflection appeared at EthicsDaily.com on June 11, 2018. The author, Mitch Carnell, passed...
by Isaac Sharp | Jan 11, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: Letha Dawson Scanzoni passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The following excerpt is set to appear in the March/April 2024 issue of Nurturing Faith Journal. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1935, Letha Dawson Scanzoni...
by Hanna Mudge | Sep 17, 2020 | Opinion
It’s easy to pay lip service to equality, but putting beliefs into practice is another matter. Along with many friends, I have experience of church contexts where women are supposedly equal and valued, yet curiously invisible unless they’re fulfilling certain roles or...
by Keith Herron | Jun 27, 2013 | General
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 7:36-8:3 June 16, 2013 1 Kings 21:1-10, (11-14), 15-21a; Psalm 32; Galatians 2:15-21 In the past few years, I’ve become a big fan of blogger Rachel...
by Naomi King Walker | Apr 26, 2011 | Opinion
Those of us who advocate egalitarianism, working for justice worldwide, may consider ourselves to be enlightened, inclusive and progressive. But hierarchical thinking can linger subtly in our own lives, manifesting itself as racial or patriarchal attitudes of...
