Let's be very clear: Strong men--men who are truly role models--don't need to put down women in order to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
When women are treated as equals in advancing the kingdom of God on this earth, we all flourish. The Imago Dei in the face of women is just as clear as the Imago Dei in the face of men, and the fullness of God can be made known when we live and work together to bring...
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks...
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. --------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: A body of people holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
I take so much delight in the silence of the men in the Christmas story. Zechariah can't speak. Joseph doesn't speak. While the words and emotions of Mary and Elizabeth are unapologetically centered. The sound of Advent is the voice of women.
Patriarchy isn’t about protecting women; it’s about protecting men. It's about preserving male rule over the home, church, and society, often at the expense of women.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.---------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive paraphrase: If you have people who will...
Women, pretending to be less than the person God made you to be never helped any man grow into the person God made him to be.