What if the way we talk about modesty makes it impossible to talk about vanity? When we spend so much time telling girls what they should look like and how they should dress, can we even address vanity? Or when we spend so much time praising women for being "smokin'...
Sheila Wray Gregoire
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How a Bad Bible Translation Left Indian Women Feeling inferior
Sexism on the mission field can do so much damage. In so many parts of the world, patriarchy is already baked in. Jesus should be rescuing us from that! But what happens when missionaries come in and teach about Jesus--but also bring patriarchy? Then instead of being...
PODCAST: Spot the Propaganda and Logical Fallacies feat. Scott Coley
Is evangelicalism filled with propaganda? I'm not saying that Jesus is about propaganda, but rather that evangelicalism, in its current cultural form, is filled with people using the Bible to prop themselves up and keep themselves in power. And seriously--it's gotta...
Does Our Theology Let Girls Say No to Boys?
Are girls allowed to say a firm no to a boy? That seems like a ridiculous question, doesn’t it? Of course girls are allowed! But back up the truck, because this doesn’t seem to be what’s being taught to girls in evangelical circles, and I want to explore today WHY...
The Journey of Deconstruction Often Takes Time: How Not to Get Polarized
When we change our minds, we rarely do it all at once. Over the last decade, Keith and I have changed our minds about a lot of things. But we've done it at different rates, and it's been messy. We're pretty much at the same place today, but in some areas he beat me...
PODCAST: Breaking Free of Christian Patriarchy & Why people deconstruct
What's it like when your family starts out normal, but grows fundamentalist? Today on the podcast we're interviewing Cait West, the author of just a beautiful memoir, Rift. She talks about what it's like to grow up in a Christian patriarchal family, where her father...