On my 16th birthday, I burst into tears crying alone in my room because I thought I was a failure and hadn’t accomplished anything in my life. Now looking back, it seems ridiculous that I would feel that way at 16. However, the fear of failure can be a paralyzing...
WOW! Teaching on I Timothy 2 Let a woman learn quietly and with full submission [to God’s word]. I do not permit a woman to teach that she is the author of man.* Initially, my reaction to an exegetical treatment of this particular Biblical text was mixed. It...
When I told a Christian brother that I had just attended a seminar led by Women of Wonder (WOW), focusing on women of the Bible, his first question was, “Are they feminists?” Surprised by the question, it took me a moment to consider it, after which I replied, “Well,...