Thoughts from My Corner of the World
Dreams or Visions? Our Sunday School class has been reading through Genesis one chapter at a time. Dreams and visions are frequently mentioned. Some mornings we spend lots of time trying to decipher the difference between the two. It’s uncomfortable for us to think God might speak to us in dreams or visions today. This... Continue Reading →
A few months ago, the rural congregation where my husband and I serve, opened the worship service with the song, Sanctuary. The prayerful refrain is repeated three times making it easy to remember. It goes like this: "Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true.With thanksgiving, I'll be a living... Continue Reading →
Mother, May I? The division over women’s roles and their supposed inability to address theological issues within the Restoration churches is the impetus for this paper. Of particular importance are two concerns. If a husband’s rule over his wife is inviolable as established by the creation narrative in Genesis, why in Luke’s gospel does God... Continue Reading →
A. Introduction In this series I begin sharing a good portion of my research project completed two years ago for my Masters in New Testament from Johnson University. It focused primarily upon Mary, Joseph’s wife, the mother of Jesus. These posts will expand further upon my original project, “Mary, Mother May I?: Finding Hope for Restoration... Continue Reading →
Image from National Catholic Reporter, July 13, 2019. Artifacts show early church women serving as clergy. "What's a Woman of Grace Doing in the Priesthood" presented at Central Christian College of the Bible, April 5, 2018. In Part 2 I explored God's purpose for all humanity and concluded it is the purpose for today's Women... Continue Reading →
Image from National Catholic Reporter, July 13, 2019. Artifacts show early church women serving as clergy. "What's a Woman of Grace Doing in the Priesthood" presented at Central Christian College of the Bible, April 5, 2018. In Part 1 I discussed the new identity given to the early church after becoming dispersed due to the persecution... Continue Reading →
Image from National Catholic Reporter, July 13, 2019. Artifacts show early church women serving as clergy. "What's a Woman of Grace Doing in the Priesthood" presented at Central Christian College of the Bible, April 5, 2018. In these next three posts I discuss the question: What’s a woman of grace doing in the priesthood? The question... Continue Reading →