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I am the good mother

May 7, 2010 11 Comments

Every year I wrestle with how to balance the almost idolatrous honoring of mothers by the greeting card, flower, and gift industries and the reality of “mother” for many. While many have wonderful mothers whom they wish to honor, others had abusive mothers and flee from activities on Mothers’ Day that only salts their wounds. Those who wanted to have children and could not and those whose children have died also find it difficult to sit through a service when the focus is on something they have yearned for or lost.

Marys need small groups

April 28, 2010 2 Comments

In the gospels, you rarely learn of the faithful commitment and action of one woman alone. There are the Mary’s and nameless “other women.” For better or for worse, this kind of relationality is a woman’s legacy and a part of her creative response to challenges of legitimacy and social change. It is no surprise that the last major study of women clergy found that women who left ministry did so because they lacked a peer group.

International Women’s Day today

March 8, 2010 No Comments

Surveys show that perhaps 70 percent of women worldwide experience domestic violence at some point in their lives, and some 5,000 women a year are murdered by family members in the name of honor.

Trust women

February 3, 2010 8 Comments

Former college and professional football player Sean James and Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner respond to the Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad, featuring Tim Tebow and his mother.

Human Trafficking Day

January 11, 2010 2 Comments

Today is the world-wide observance of Human Trafficking day, an attempt to draw attention to the increasing problem of slavery, sexual trafficking and child labor. The Lutherans have some very helpful resources posted that are appropriate for congregational use.

How religion shapes the narrative of violence against women

January 10, 2010 No Comments

Wherever it shows itself, religion is as capable of helping to justify damage against females as it is of doing any good.

Groups, bloggers sound off on Glasspool election

December 6, 2009 6 Comments

There’s no shortage of opinion among bloggers and advocacy groups celebrating decisions in Los Angeles and castigating the Archbishop of Canterbury’s castigations.

Managing anxiety in times of stress

November 13, 2009 2 Comments

Mark Twain said: “I’ve had many troubles in my life and most of them never happened.” Jesus said: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life. … Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?” If this is true, then why did God create his creatures great and small to constantly anticipate danger in preparation for fight or flight?

A woman of Fort Worth, but not a woman in Fort Worth

October 28, 2009 1 Comment

Barbi Click explains that she had to leave Jack Iker’s diocese to follow her vocation: “Joy and sadness blend to a point that it is difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. I know I feel joy that the Diocese of Fort Worth is about to ordain its first woman priest. Sadly, I will not be able to be a part of the celebration.”

I am not a nobody

October 12, 2009 10 Comments

The Revision Committee already has voted to change the rules so that certain powers can be removed from women bishops simply to appease those who don’t want them. If women bishops face opposition from traditionalists in the dioceses in which they serve, some of their powers – as yet undetermined – would be taken away from them and given to male bishops.

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