Women

On Gender Equality: We Have Made Great Strides & We Are Not There Yet

September 22, 2020

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Women

There is a difference between being “allowed” a vote and being listened to. There is a difference between being tolerated in a position, and being valued for the unique contributions to leadership only you bring.

2020 is the Year of Religious Women Voters

Jennifer Butler

September 10, 2020

General, Politics, Women

We’re just 8 Sundays away from the 2020 election. Between now and then, a moral reckoning among women of faith will determine the future of this nation and, I dare say, the planet.

A Common Thread: Adaptation from Liberation is Here

Nikole Lim

September 2, 2020

Family and Parenting, Global, Women

I was twenty years old when I first met Nekesa. I landed in Kenya to capture stories for my thesis film about women who inspire hope in their communit...

We Go There: Abortion

Lisa Sharon Harper

August 27, 2020

Politics, Theology, Women

I theorized maybe this is not so much about being pro-life. If this is the only thing that is guiding your vote, maybe there is something deeper, a kind of a scapegoat mechanism happening.

Silent Doulas: The Problem With Being ‘A Voice for the Voiceless’

Breanna Randall

August 24, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Theology, Women

And in their haste to expedite the birth process, they end up playing not the role of a good birth companion, but of an abuser, an oppressor, of someone who forces a birth too soon. This is the opposite of solidarity.

Antiracism Educators, Your Sources Matter

Veronica Gilliard

August 12, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Race, Women

If white people can only learn antiracism in siloed experiences, centered in whiteness, that ignore the contributions and ongoing work of people of color and women, we are doomed.

Nationalism, Purity Culture, and Hijacked Christianity

RLC Editor

July 24, 2020

Church Life, Politics, Women

Ramsey says she works “solely with evangelicals to shed light on how Christianity has been hijacked by nationalism and white supremacy long before Trump.”

A Response to Pro-Life Constituents

Bryan Berghoef

July 20, 2020

Family and Parenting, Politics, Women

That’s when I began to understand that you can’t outlaw abortion, you have to outlove it.

It’s Complicated: A Different Liturgy for Mother’s Day

Britney Winn Lee

May 6, 2020

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Women

You don't need me to tell you that Mother's Day is complicated for many. A two-second pause to contemplate the people in your life for whom the holida...