So Much More than Friends Fifth grade will always live in infamy in my memory as a year of friendship failure. The teacher had handpicked seven of us from his fourth-grade class to return as fifth graders in an experimental split-grade classroom: four boys and three girls off in a […]
Sisters in Christ – Part 3
WWJD and Our Sister Relationships For the past decade or so I have worked with a professor who greatly admires Jim, a former dean of our school. When this professor finds himself in a complex professional situation, he tells me he asks himself, “What would Jim do?” There’s an ornery […]
Sisters in Christ – Part 2
Jesus and Sisters Ladies, when is the last time you turned to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John for guidance on building stronger connections with Madelyn, Maia, Lakeesha, and Joan? In the past, I would never have expected to glean anything from the Gospels that would help strengthen my relationships with […]
Sisters in Christ – Part 1
For the first time in my life, I have multiple Christian women in my life whom I can talk to and listen to, who are supportive partners in ministry, allies I can lean on, learn from, and trust to have my back. Some women challenge me to grow, and some […]
Sisters in Christ: New Series Begins Today!
Happy New Year, Dear Readers! I hope you each had a very merry Christmas and enjoyed blessed time with family and friends. I took a little break from the blog during most of December to prepare for the holidays and devote my time to my family while they were all […]
Being Jesus on Facebook
Whenever I read the Gospels, and especially when I read about the ways Jesus interacted with women, I am challenged to reconsider my own daily interactions with women. They are too often inconsistent with the example Jesus set. Today, I reflected on being like Jesus in my presence on Facebook. […]
Nonprofits Helping Women and Children
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40) The end of the year often means that lots of us are thinking about charitable giving, and I wanted to share with you some causes […]
Jesus on Women – The Summary
Over the past six weeks, I have been sharing with you a series called Jesus on Women. Considering the things Jesus said about women in his ministry has expanded the understandings of God we had already gained by looking at what Jesus said to women. This final post in the […]
Jesus on Women – Part 6
Adultery and Divorce I’m going to be totally honest and tell you that I saved this topic until last in the series for a very good reason. I was hoping the extra time would bring some brilliant spiritual insight on some scriptures that confuse me. Alas, it never came. Yet, I […]
Jesus on Women – Part 5
Women in Apocalyptic Discourse In this series on the sayings of Jesus about women, we have covered instances in which Jesus used women as his story illustrations, as well as statements Jesus made specifically about widows and about women in their family roles. Last week we looked at passages in […]