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Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr
So I honor Martin Luther King this day. He had a great effect on my life as a white female. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave blacks, and white women, the same rights that white men already had. Continue reading
Another Year Lost for Women
Looking inward, will the church recognize when it is out of touch with the people it serves? When will the church recognize that it is out of touch with the Jesus it serves? Continue reading
Advent Love – Its Personal
Jesus did not come to change Jewish government or Roman government. He came to change the hearts of people. Through love. He said it himself “Love God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Love – it’s personal. Continue reading
Advent Joy – Bringing Joy
“A woman’s greatest calling is in being a wife and mother” a young Christian woman was near tears when telling me what her women friends at church said to her. Continue reading
Advent Hope – Groundhog Day all over again
Each year the liturgical calendar gets reset and we begin again with where it began. We know what is going to happen to Jesus at Easter, but each November we begin by retelling the story from the beginning, all over again. We get a new chance like Phil the weatherman did in the movie Groundhog Day. We hope this year we get it right. Continue reading
Methodists turning complementarian?
And then Methodists will be complementarian in their teaching and beliefs. And that is what this new group called Global Methodist church wants. Continue reading
Stepping into the Christian Era
And just like the original Eve, this woman Mary Magdalene who was cleansed of all her sins, remained under the curse of man. Not God, but man. Continue reading
Part 5. Destination, the Garden
So we have finally arrived in the garden and the world has been turned upside down. Where do we go from here? Do we leave Mary and the other women beside an empty grave? Yes, we do. Not as Jesus did, but as pastors and preachers and other women have determined we should do. Continue reading
Part 4. Destination, the Garden
Its significance is greater than her confession that she was not married to the man with whom she was living. She was worthy in her own right, as a woman, to be told directly by him that he was the Messiah. Continue reading
Part 3. Destination, the Garden
There are four women to whom Jesus tells that he is the Messiah, the Canaanite woman being one of them. Most often we hear of her great faith, but when we concentrate on the faith of this woman, we diminish the message Jesus gave her. Continue reading
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