Archive for the tag 'women'

Jun 29 2009

The Un-Masculine Church

For so long, we’ve seen churches filled with women.  Sunday morning comes and the women and children file off to church while the men are at home, working on cars or watching football or sleeping in.  Now, obviously, I have nothing against women — I am one.  And of course there are exceptions to this rule.  But I would say, as a whole, there are far more women in churches than men.

Why is that?

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Nov 17 2008

I have a confession to make.

In honor of my new feminine background, I’m going to get something off my chest.  Something that involves lipstick and high heels.  Is that ok with you?

The address by which you found me is handsfrozentothesword, is it not?  This address — or title, if you will, is derived from 2 Samuel 23:10, which references one of David’s mighty men who… stood his ground and struck down the Philistines until his hands grew tired and froze to the sword. Just typing that verse alone causes my heart to do cartwheels.  There’s something relentless about that title.  It’s a title that means business.  It’s aggressive.  It doesn’t back down.  It’s war-like.  Now, I know that by mentioning war, I’ve caused some strong opinions and viewpoints to rise within your heart.  But rest assured — I’m not a gun-toting, violent, feminist, angry kind of gal.  And that’s what I want to get off my chest.

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