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Tales of a Male ‘Preacher’s Wife’

Images from Sojourners Magazine From Christian Piatt at Sojourners Magazine 2013 MY WIFE IS a pastor. Specifically, she’s the senior pastor of a prominent church in downtown Portland, Ore. I’m on staf… more →

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Ad Orientem and Priestesses (Women "Priest")

CCI wrote 1 day ago: In May of 1994 John Paul II gifted the Church with ordinatio sacerdotalis (on the male priesthood.  … more →

Tags: Ad Orientem Friday, ad orientem, Benedict XVI, reform of the reform, John Paul II, Lay Apostolate

It Was a Rainbow Graduation by Grace Yia-Hei Kao — 4 comments

Grace Yia-Hei Kao wrote 2 days ago: I have the privilege of serving as Co-director of the Center for Sexuality, Gender, and Religion at … more →

Tags: Academy, Christianity, ethics, foremothers, Gender and Sexuality, LGBTQ, Social Justice, Women and Ministry, Claremont School of Theology

Women's Ordination: The Beginning of my Journey — 1 comment

verbumdominiblog wrote 3 days ago: The Second Vatican Council, more commonly referred to as Vatican II, began in October of 1962, and e … more →

Tags: Student posts, graduate thesis, JP Catholic, Priesthood, Vatican II

Third Time's the Charm by Kecia Ali — 16 comments

Kecia Ali wrote 3 days ago: In the space of a week, three obtuse remarks by non-Muslim men about Muslim women ticked me off. Fir … more →

Tags: General, Islam, Judaism, LGBTQ, media

Tales of a Male 'Preacher's Wife'

Katie and Martin wrote 1 week ago: Images from Sojourners Magazine From Christian Piatt at Sojourners Magazine 2013 MY WIFE IS a pastor … more →

Tags: Theology, Christian Piatt, church, doors of the church, Human Rights, Men, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, sojourners

From Friedemann Hebart — 4 comments

Katie and Martin wrote 1 week ago: Prof. Dr. Friedemann Hebart The following letter from Friedemann Hebart was written after reading Ne … more →

Tags: hermeneutics, History 2, Theology, Adelaide, Concordia Seminary, Friedemann Hebart, Germany, Krister Stendahl, Law & Gospel

The abyss between faith and women's empowerment — 12 comments

Katie and Martin wrote 2 weeks ago: Paparella was horrified. “I realized, they don’t want me to think. After that, I just didn’t see how … more →

Tags: Theology, Christianity, church, confessions, Human Rights, Proof Texts, Religion and Spirituality, Sexual Violence, Women

The way of Invisible Woman — 1 comment

njmyers wrote 2 weeks ago: I started reading Claire Messud’s The Woman Upstairs last night. It is haunting me, affecting my dre … more →

Tags: Dreams, Congo, writing, Claire Messud, The (Wo)Man Upstairs, Travel Writing, women's work

THE HOME OF GOD

gregsyler wrote 2 weeks ago: On a Saturday afternoon several weeks ago in Kentucky, a former Roman Catholic Carmelite nun, Rosema … more →

Tags: Leadership, Politics / Current Events, Sermon, St. George's, Valley Lee, Acts 16, Acts 18, Body of Christ, Catherine McAuley, Chicago

Why Women are the Key to the Church’s Future — 2 comments

Katie and Martin wrote 3 weeks ago: Image from Pastoral la Salle Córdoba A blog from Christian Piatt, from God’s Politics, “ … more →

Tags: Sociology, History 2, Christianity, God, Christian, Women, Christian Piatt, Religion & Spirituality, Feminine

Ordination: It’s Not About You. — 1 comment

Die Lutherin wrote 3 weeks ago: The photo of the woman minister wearing a hot pink Planned Parenthood themed clerical stole at a sec … more →

Tags: Lutheran, ELCA, SEMINARY, Vocation, Idolatry, homo incurvatus in se

Keeping the Church Inflated — 2 comments

Katie and Martin wrote 3 weeks ago: From the Naked Pastor Only people who have worked or volunteered for churches understand this cartoo … more →

Tags: Bouncy Castle, Cartoon, Castle, church, Churches, exhaustion, Fantasy, Human Rights, Naked Pastor

The President has not passed away — 5 comments

Katie and Martin wrote 3 weeks ago: At synod the outgoing president advised delegates against saying that a person had passed away, when … more →

Tags: Theology, Bible, death, died, Ecclesiastes, euphemism, God, Human Rights, Jesus

Reality is something one discovers... — 2 comments

Dog in the Library wrote 3 weeks ago: …not something one creates at whim. In related news – I’ve been drafted as the new … more →

Tags: Theology, The Church, The Media, Catholic, Tolerance, womynpriests, Rosemarie Smead, femen, Priesthood

Kentucky woman ordained as priest; goes against Roman Catholic law

prettynaughty wrote 3 weeks ago: LOUISVILLE, Kentucky–  A 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday by a gro … more →

Tags: News, Breaking News, Religion, Catholic Church, Kentucky, Rosemarie Smead, Catholic, Woman Priest

A Letter to Catholic Women Regarding Our Place in the Church — 4 comments

Barbara Bailey wrote 4 weeks ago: Do you remember how you felt last year when you heard that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the … more →

Tags: Catholic Church, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Holy Spirit, Patriarchy

The scarves of General Convention — 1 comment

Katie and Martin wrote 4 weeks ago: Many delegates and visitors to General Convention demonstrated their support for women’s ordin … more →

Tags: 2013, Australia, Current Events, General Convention, Green, Human Rights, pashminas, Politics, Purple

Sue Westhorp tells her story

Katie and Martin wrote 1 month ago: Sue Westhorp, a called and un-ordained pastor and musician in the LCA, shares her story of study, di … more →

Tags: Sociology, All Saints, Audio, Conference, Indooroopilly Queensland, LCA, Pastor, Religion and Spirituality, Story

The President disallows debate on women's ordination — 21 comments

Katie and Martin wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, at General Synod, the President again imposed his will on the LCA.  He has been true to h … more →

Tags: Politics, Theology, Dialogue Group, General Convention, General Synod, James Burkee, LCMS, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Lutheranism


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