I’ve been reading Hugh Hewitt’s Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That’s Changing Your World, which compares blogging to the Gutenberg printing press, the evils of cultural elite punditry of left-wing bias to the evils of Catholic indulgences, the undoing of the Main-Stream Media to the undoing of the medieval Catholic Church. Just as Luther […]
Early this month a 92-year-old Turkish scholar, Muazzez Ilmiye Cig, an expert on Sumerian civilization, was acquitted by an Istanbul court of criticizing the head scarf as a poor symbol of women’s morality and religious devotion, since 5000 years ago it was used by temple prostitutes to distinguish themselves while having ritual sex with young […]
Much has been written recently about a Watertown, New York, elderly woman who was fired after teaching Sunday School for 54 years for simply being a woman. See the Associated Press story, Ben’s blog post and Dan’s as well. It turns out that the story is more complicated than that — that the […]
Andy Rowell noticed three thought-provoking blog posts among 20/30-something bloggers. Below the links are listed and then his summary of some of their practical suggestions.
http://www.generousorthodoxy.net/thinktank/2006/02/more_on_women.html
http://www.thursdaypm.org/blog/rachelle/20060117/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/
http://www.generousorthodoxy.net/thinktank/2006/02/book_discussion.html
The List
1. Be intentional about quoting females.
2. Be an encourager and advocate to women who are working with you and under you.
3. Provide scholarships for women […]
I recommend “Commander in Chief” on ABC TV Tuesday nights. Mackenzie Allen, the USA vice president, played by Geena Davis, becomes the first woman president of the United States by being sworn in upon the death of the president, against the president’s wishes and the leaders of his party. They’d prefer someone “more […]