Recently, I attended a regional denomination meeting and noticed that over 90 percent of the pastors were six foot or more. According to Short Persons Support, only 11.7 percent of American men are six foot or taller. Not only do local churches not hire many women, they apparently don’t hire many short men […]
I’ve had Kathleen Norris’ work recommended to me a number of times, but hadn’t picked up any of her books until this weekend. Her Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith is her struggle with the jargon of Christianity, of what she calls the “scary words.” Her process of conversion involved the reading of […]
All the pursuits of men are the pursuits of women also, but in all of them a woman is inferior to a man. — Plato: The Republic V.v.
I hate a learned woman. May there never be in my abode a woman knowing more than a woman ought to know. — Euripides.
Women are […]
One of my daughters gave birth to a PhD last January. The other just gave birth to my first grandchild, Micah Terrance Hansen, last night at 9 pounds 12 ounces and 22 inches long. I’m in Orlando helping the parents in whatever little ways I can. How wonderful it is to see […]