Workshop: Opposite Sexes or Neighboring Sexes? An agenda for Gender Reconciliation
Presenter: Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, Ph.D.
Men and women are more like neighboring sexes than opposite sexes. We can only achieve a more just and healthy model for gender and family relations if personal and structural changes are made. The health and happiness […]
Linda and I are at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, at the Christians for Biblical Equality conference with what looks like around 200 other attendees. The conference started with a general session called “One Body, Many Gifts,” led by Dr. Craig Keener, a professor of New Testament Studies at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, who […]
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 […]
According to Diana Garland in her Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide, InterVarsity Press, c1999, the definition of a companionship marriage is one where the marriage partners seek to emphasize achieving deep intimacy with each other through individual growth and self-actualization and excellent communication sharing so that their emotional needs and personal goals can be met. […]
Figuring out the direction of a marriage takes cooperation and grace, and when there is serious disagreement, the ability of both partners to listen and hear the other is of crucial importance. The argument that the male should always have the deciding vote if the disagreement is particularly difficult is the worst possible tactic […]