Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Retrospect

My Hebrew Bible professor wrote one of the essays.

Why Feminism Can Be Scary for Some Women
This article is definitely worth a read.

Today, I preached from the canonical gospels at my local church. I preached the story of Mary Magdalene... the Anointing Woman. I think it went fairly well, although I think it may STILL have been a little high on the academic side. They want to invite me back, though ( Read more... )

Fox finger-pointer to woman: 'know your role'

I found this very well written letter on Facebook this morning, and I want to share it. I am also about to share another article about something that happened on Fox News. In my mind, the two kind of go together.

Powerful words from our sister Sara St Martin Lynne

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LFL Players: Sexy Yes, But It's Football First
"And the players hope that once you see them play, you’ll forget about what they’re wearing and focus on how they’re playing."

And so, why is it that these women can't wear actual clothes to play football like the men do?

BTW, "LFL" stands for "Legends Football League" and not "Lingerie Football ( Read more... )

And so it begins...

Vatican Investigating Girl Scouts for Links to Safe-Sex Education Groups
Does the Catholic Church contribute significant financial support to the Girl Scouts? If not, then I fail to see why they think they have a say in this ( Read more... )

I've had a very long, very frustrating day, and maybe I'll tell the story tomorrow, but, for right now, there are a couple of things that just need sayin ( Read more... )

A lot of people are going to be disappointed in Oz The Great and Powerful because it neither follows the book nor the first movie. Truthfully, though, I must say up front, I have never actually READ the books (only articles about them), so I am not an expert, and, seeing as I am in grad school and reading virtually every waking minute, I don't ( Read more... )

I am now thinking that I should include something about the Magdalene Laundries in my upcoming sermon. I wasn't going to, because, in general, this is Ireland, and I kind of have an aversion to speaking out against what goes on in other countries. (I try to avoid the American hubris of thinking that we know best in all situations, because we don't ( Read more... )