by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Mar 13, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I finally read Sarah Bessey’s Jesus Feminist, a book that’s been on my “To Be Read” list for years. It’s the book that launched her writing career into The New York Times’ best-seller notoriety. As someone who’s always considered myself a feminist, I was honestly a...
by Meredith Stone | Mar 7, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Imagine a gender equal Baptist world. Now open your eyes and allow me to tell you a story about how it happens. Emma was born on a Monday morning in the local hospital. Family and friends came to see her on her very first day in the world, along with her pastor. After...
by Geneece Goertzen | Mar 28, 2022 | Opinion
A faith leader is often the first person a victim of abuse will reach out to. Abuse happens across the lifespan, and globally one in three women will be a victim of abuse at some point in her life. In the context of our ministries, many of the women we work with have...
by Jim Hopkins | Mar 16, 2022 | Opinion
Stephen D. Jones writes that “the Gospels reveal that Jesus was an active learner” in his book Learning Jesus. He notes that Jesus “learned from the Syrophoenician woman, who insisted he take her seriously … from the Samaritan woman at the well … from his mother,...
by Rachel Ain | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
I applied to rabbinical school over 20 years ago. When asked to share a favorite piece of rabbinic literature, I decided to teach a text where the ancient rabbis “imagined” what biblical Sarah was doing during the binding of Isaac. I wanted to show that it is...
