Once, I got into an argument with Bob over women in the ministry. I had always believed that women were not inferior, but had a different role than men. That meant men could lead in the church, but women couldn’t. I questioned that, however, and ultimately decided that was wrong. Bob and I discussed it [...]

Here’s something amusing. Are you a fool, according to a couple of conservative homeschoolers? Take the quiz and find out. Learn some neat Bible verses along the way! As you’re taking it, it’s pretty obvious what the “right” answer is. Note the picture it paints of the “ideal” Christian, and anything else is “foolishness.” It’s [...]

Has anyone else noticed that middle class, good Christian girls who do get the good guys (or at least, non-abusive) pretty much have the same look? Big eyes, small figure, perfect hair? I read so many things with the theme of “God don’t make junk” (yes, an actual phrase), but never felt pretty and never [...]

A common theme in fundamentalist literature, as everybody knows, is that of the submissive wife. I think sometimes people think only the most conservative of groups hold to that ideal. While you do see it in its extreme in churches that blame women for every problem in the marriage, you can find shades of it [...]

I felt overwhelmed the first week of my sophomore year in college. An RA on the freshman hall, I had spent the week putting up bulletin boards, helping freshmen get settled, dealing with homesickness (in said freshmen, not myself), and trying to fix all the little things that had broken. All with one arm. I’d [...]

It’s really a pretty raw deal unless you are part of the more liberal congregations. Most of the quotes are from generations past, but those attitudes are still quite prevalent in Baptist, Pentecostal, Assembly of God, and other nondenominational churches. Why do women buy into it? Why the fervor, the passion, for something so misogynistic? [...]