DawnBryant
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12 years ago @ In The Name Of Love - stories: part two... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ dannygutierrez.org - We weren't slaves? · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - The Turtle in Me · 0 replies · +1 points
My recent post Not Sorry
13 years ago @ In The Name Of Love - on feminism... · 0 replies · +3 points
Bottom line -- if there is equal grace for everyone and and God looks at us and sees his children (not different genders), then does gender even matter? God is ALL about equality! Not "the boys club," and not "woman power." Equality.
Jesus makes it clear that gender isn't an issue, he spoke with women when Rabbis would not. He invited women to be part the group that followed him everywhere. He was pleased when a woman (Mary) took a seat with the other men to learn (LEARN, educating women just didn't happen back then, women were all too often considered property). The woman at the well was a female teacher...she shared the story of her encounter with Jesus at the well with those in her town.
And, I think Paul was just as much about equality as Jesus was. He applauded women who held church gatherings in their homes. He learned from women. He called them out as people to be respected and taken care of in several places in his letters. Paul's strength was really relating to people, finding common ground. And, if you read contextually and historically what he says in those letters, it's not about male domination at all. It was about the message of Jesus Christ. I actually just finished reading a great (Christian) book helping to contextualize some of this called 10 Lies the Church Tells Women, by Lee Grady. He sheds light to the importance of context, including the controversial text in his letters. Context is king.
All that said, someone will always argue one way or the other, but, for me, if GRACE is what it's all about, then who cares. God gave us a message to share and live, not to sit on.
On feminism...mostly, in as much as it's tied to equality, I may be the biggest feminist of them all. However, a hate-filled and selfish feminism? No thanks. Do I think that there is some work to be done culturally to bring light places where inequality operates? Absolutely. Do I think women, especially, need encouragement from other women so they break out of boxes they've put themselves based upon cultural expectations? Absolutely. Do women and men differ emotionally, psychologically and physically? Of course. But differences do not diminish the importance of equality...then we'd all be clones.
Thank you, pretty lady!
13 years ago @ Stuff Christians Like ... - Two "F words." · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ In The Name Of Love - asking... · 0 replies · +1 points
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13 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - The More Godly Lindsey · 0 replies · +1 points
My recent post Talking with Myself
13 years ago @ Cultivate Her - Battling Our Enemies · 0 replies · +1 points
Thank you, Jenni, for writing about this. God timing.
Last week my husband asked me where my confidence has gone. The very next day one of my best friends, in a fun loving way, said I needed to get my confidence back. As if the first mention wasn't enough to leave me thinking...the second mention left me reeling...and you're writing about it now? Well...I'm pretty sure it was for me.
Insecurity is my biggest enemy. Especially in seasons of change like the one I'm going through now. I question everything, feel as if I know nothing, but realize that it can never be me...it can only be God. And if I let God take the reins, the confidence will come back...because I'm not worrying. It's a viscous cycle if it's not stopped. And I think God is posting flares on my path right now.
Thank you!
13 years ago @ Lindsey Nobles - Hitting the Wall · 1 reply · +1 points