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April 2026

April 30, 2026

Is Complementarianism Misogyny?

A friend of mine asked me this question the other day: is complementarianism misogyny? Or...

May 2025

May 27, 2025

Push for Transparency on Gender Roles in Your Church

Is there transparency on gender roles in your church? If leadership positions in your church...

February 2024

February 07, 2024

ACNA Bishops Rebuke Patriarchy Push at Mere Anglicanism

Recently I was shocked to read an email my parents forwarded me: a pastoral letter...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

Jesus, Son of Humanity

For Advent this year, the children’s ministry at my church, The Falls Church Anglican, had...

December 04, 2023

What’s Up With Christian Feminism?

Is there such a thing as Christian feminism? I’ve been asked by a couple of...

September 2023

September 19, 2023

Peace in the Strife: A Year of Blogging (Mostly) on the Patriarchy

Looking back over the past year, it’s hard to imagine a blank space in place...

July 2023

July 24, 2023

Gender Role Theology: A Slippery Slope to LGBTQ+?

I know the premise may sound crazy - gender role theology as a slippery slope...

June 2023

June 26, 2023

Mary Magdalene: Re-Imagining the Apostle to the Apostles

Why did Jesus choose Mary Magdalene to be the first preacher of the Gospel, the...

May 2023

May 30, 2023

Male Supremacy: Examining a Distortion in the Anglican Church

At the recent 2023 Global Anglican Futures Convention (GAFCon), Anglican clergy from around the world...

March 2023

March 24, 2023

Putting Off the Old Self: A Lenten Reflection

For many Christians, Lent involves putting off the old self, or giving something up to...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

White Supremacy and Complementarianism: The Disturbing Link

The Southern Baptist Convention's explusion of Saddleback Church this week, over the ordination of a...

February 15, 2023

When Does Gender-Inclusive Language Go Too Far?

On the heels of a recent announcement by the Church of England that it will...

January 2023

January 19, 2023

“Headship” in 1 Corinthians: A Source of Misunderstanding

The concept of “biblical headship,” or the idea that a man should have ultimate authority...

December 2022

December 08, 2022

Jesus, the New Eve: How Christmas Reverses Gender Roles in Genesis

As we enter the Christmas season, I want to reflect on Jesus’ birth as the...

November 2022

November 14, 2022

Writing Women Out of the Bible: Gender Exclusive Language in the ESV

Equal in the Grammars In 1882 a woman writing in the Memphis Free Trade presented...

October 2022

October 14, 2022

Where Christianity and Feminism Cross

Why Christianity and Feminism? Christianity and feminism can be mutually inclusive: if Jesus saves us...

September 2022

September 22, 2022

The Trinity and Gender Relationships

In pondering the Trinity and gender relationships, I am reminded – as important and unique...

September 08, 2022

Rethinking Order in Genesis

Why did God Confront Adam First after the Fall? Someone once posed this question to...