Tag: Recent Reads
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Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian
Part 7 of My Gender Role Journey Another requirement for the class, “Race, Gender, and the American Church,” was reading the book, Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian, by Michelle Lee-Barnewall. This seemed like a safe entry point to begin my research on gender because it did not advocate for either side but sought to reframe the…
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The Ministry of Women in the New Testament
In this comprehensive volume Dorothy A. Lee traces women’s ministry in a systematic way through the New Testament and into the traditions of the early church. Part 1: Women’s Ministry in the New Testament 1. Mark and Matthew 2. Gospel of Luke 3. Acts 4. Gospel of John 5. Paul’s Letters: Historical and Thematic Issues…
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Faithful in Small Things
“How we define poverty is important if we truly wish to help reduce it.” Perhaps you have read about Myers’ four-part definition of poverty or “When Helping Hurts.” What those books do in theory this book builds upon in practicality, providing specific context for ministry to the poor in North America. If you are…
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Talking Back to Purity Culture
My husband and I sat down with a former youth group student who was going through a divorce. He seemed angry at God for allowing his marriage to fail, particularly upset that sex in marriage had been such a disappointment. He shook his head and said, ‘but I saved myself for her, I did everything…
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Breathing Room
“Crap.” I’m going through and deleting old emails. My husband offers up a concerned ‘What?’ and I bemoan the fact that I’ve realized that the blog book review I was thinking was in November is actually due this week and I haven’t even started the book. ‘What book is it?’ he asks. “It’s called, ‘Breathing…
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Finding Spiritual Whitespace
As I write this I am packing up to go out of town. I barely have time to sit down and write a review as our babysitter gets here in 15 ….oops, 12 minutes. I’m answering questions in between typing. ‘Do we need this?’ ‘Where are the sunglasses?’ ‘Where is the suitcase?’ I live life…
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A Dad’s Prayers for His Daughter
So, I’ve got my first guest blogger today! I’d like to think that my blog is just so popular that I need to hire people to write posts for me. But in reality I got a book for ‘Dads’ and I thought I’d farm out a review to a dad who could more accurately review…
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You're Going to Be Okay
‘It’s going to be okay.’ Sometimes those are the most comforting words that someone can say to me in the middle of a stressful situation. Not that it makes the stress go away but it is a reminder that whatever it is I’m going through is not permanent and we will figure out a way…
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The Big Book of Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids (A 3-in-1 Collection)
One of our Family Rules is to laugh…..a lot. And we take that ‘rule’ pretty seriously around here. So when I got this: I was pretty stoked to have some all new material to laugh with the kids. We’ve checked out books from the library but they’ve all been just ‘so-so’ and some of the…
Lark TheoSis 