Here are the highlights of what I read / saw / watched online this week. If you haven’t already clicked on these, you should…
This post, The Cruciform Way Of The Lamb, by Greg Boyd. Greg is a brilliant theologian and communicator. His book, The Myth of a Christian Nation is one of the most challenging ones I’ve read in the past 5 years. In this post’s video, Greg offers insight… Read More
Patriarchy has been around forever – and it is still here today.
According to Webster:
Patriarchy is… social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line; control by men of a disproportionately large share of power.
Or basically, “The dudes make all the important decisions, and the women quietly submit to them.”
Of course, much has changed in Western society – but around the world and within the church, many (dudes) are still clinging to patriarchy. In the news this week a story of 100+ school girls being kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Nigeria is a jarring reminder of what’s at the heart of patriarchy… Read More
I wouldn’t want to live in a world without women.
Really.
Without women, the world would be a (more) smelly, messy, harsh, and violent place.
OK, maybe that’s a broad generalization. But seriously, women do make the world a better place… Read More
