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When Women Lead: Embrace Your Authority, Move Beyond Barriers, and Find Joy In Leading Others
Healing, Holy Laughter, and the Kingdom of God
Last week, I spoke at the Aldersgate Renewal Ministries’ annual gathering. As a Spirit-filled movement within (and now, beyond) the United Methodist Church, Aldersgate has been around for decades. People
Lessons in Leadership
Stick with me for a minute while I share what feels like a parable. I’m not known for my stellar driving record, but the several-years-ago accident I’m remembering now was
Can I testify?
My passion for the Church has not dimmed through covid-inspired deconstruction. It has not dimmed through tough moments in my own church’s history. It has not dimmed through countless personal
We’re not dead (not even close).
Every once in a while, I’m moved to write a defense of global Christianity. So much of what gets published these days paints a desperate picture. We’re led to believe
A Year of Sweet Communion
The first time I proclaimed a word over the whole year at the beginning of it, I was drunk. It was somewhere after midnight on New Year’s Eve, and I
Baptism is God’s work, not ours.
Today at Mosaic, we consecrated a new baptistry and baptized two new believers. I was moved to write some things for the consecration, and share them here with the hope
Merton, Mary, and Incarnation
Thomas Merton was a 20th-century Trappist monk who wrote more than sixty books, and hundreds of poems, articles, and talks on all kinds of theological subjects. After living as a
Slick Heresy
I saw this cartoon online a few weeks ago, and I can’t shake it so I’m going to have to write about it. Just in case it doesn’t show up
The ridiculous call to love my enemies
The bit in Luke 6 about loving your enemies has been sitting with me for a couple of days, which likely means Jesus has a word for me. I’m struck
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@cb_johns @utsdoc @echrisroberts @bethfelkerjones @KSPrior I also make a case in chapter 2, though I unapologetically note that others make a much more thorough case.
Read More@echrisroberts @bethfelkerjones @KSPrior @utsdoc The appendix of my book, When Women Lead, also provides a list of resources. Ben Witherington, Craig Keener, Sue Russell, Amy Peeler, Cynthia Long Westfall ... all solid sources for what you're after.
Read More@bryandcollier Amen. Yes. (thank you)
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