If he had said so a few years ago, I would’ve smiled and nodded. Today, however, I blinked, smiled sweetly and asked my friend to explain. Bart (not his real name) was telling me about his role as “family priest.” I told him why I disagreed. Now, I like Bart. He’s a well-spoken, gregarious fifty-something [...]
From the very beginning of our ministry life together my wife (Liz) and I have had an egalitarian approach to both marriage and ministry. Way back then we were unaware of the extensive body of literature available that supports such a stance and so it was more of a preferred and personal way of doing [...]
I’m very much an Egalitarian, but for me the issue is really more about giftedness. We can tend to get caught up in who should be behind the pulpit or at the lectern and miss all the other giftedness around us. When I worked at a bank’s call center, helping bankers with computer problems, I [...]
A local Bible camp recently announced its schedule for the summer. “Headlining” the programming for girls camp is a tea party. You know, frilly hats, dainty gloves. Extended pinky fingers grasping sweet little tea cups. I have nothing against tea parties per se, but as the centerpiece, the highlight of a girls camp? Is this the [...]
Lean and lanky, the thirty-something teacher probed the congregation with a practiced eye as he wound down his presentation. Ezekiel “Zeke” (pseudonym) teaches at a secondary school in another country. Backed up by a carefully constructed PowerPoint presentation, Ezekiel shared his passion for sensitively pouring truth and grace into the lives of his students, particularly [...]
I’m trying to understand the appeal of Civil War Balls or Civil War Dances. They seem as out of place as Remember the Alamo Celebrations or World War II Festivities would be. Why celebrate a time of death and destruction? In my quest for understanding, I traveled to various destinations on the world wide web. [...]
Men with egalitarian attitudes about the role of women in society earn significantly less on average than men who hold more traditional views about women’s place in the world according to a recent study. The Labour Department’s National Longitudinal Survey of Youth began tracking 12,000 people when they were 14-22 years old for 25 years [...]
