Thoughts from My Corner of the World
Celebrating Jubilee I'm celebrating my year of Jubilee. Fifty years ago I gave my life wholly and completely to Jesus. Peter often reminds me that I belong to "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people." Peter goes on to say, we are called out of darkness for one purpose: to... 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 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 →