One Woman's Journey: "I loved my church. I still do. But years of ministry, study, and listening forced me to confront questions I could no longer avoid."
“ We may also see strong emotion and passion because people care deeply about this issue. I just invite you to be curious. Regardless of which side of this issue you are on, pay attention to those feelings of defensiveness, self-protection, anger, and so on…”. YES! Women are not the only gender that has the potential to be “led astray” or “unduly influenced “ by emotions.
The men benefit greatly from listening to a woman's lesson. A woman led our home fellowship yesterday. We had several pastors in attendance. Afterwards, one of them commented that only a woman could have had the insights that were shared. He was deeply grateful.
The line that hit me was about the teen girls asking questions — women who don't even know yet what they might be told they can't do. Lindsey's account of stepping slowly into every open door, faithful for 25 years, and only then arriving at this question makes the stakes concrete in a way that abstract debate never does. The part about emotion being valid, being the sign that something real happened to a real person, feels like something that gets said too rarely in these conversations. It's also wild how, in some cases, women are encouraged to preach anywhere except the place that should be the closest to heaven, the church.
“ We may also see strong emotion and passion because people care deeply about this issue. I just invite you to be curious. Regardless of which side of this issue you are on, pay attention to those feelings of defensiveness, self-protection, anger, and so on…”. YES! Women are not the only gender that has the potential to be “led astray” or “unduly influenced “ by emotions.
Exactly. I can't count how many men I've seen get VERY emotional over this.
Both sad and funny to watch them get all testerical.
Thanks for sharing Lindsey's story!!
You're welcome! BTW she loves your book series.
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The men benefit greatly from listening to a woman's lesson. A woman led our home fellowship yesterday. We had several pastors in attendance. Afterwards, one of them commented that only a woman could have had the insights that were shared. He was deeply grateful.
That is a great insight. We benefit from hearing people of different genders, ethnicities, cultures, ages, etc.!
The line that hit me was about the teen girls asking questions — women who don't even know yet what they might be told they can't do. Lindsey's account of stepping slowly into every open door, faithful for 25 years, and only then arriving at this question makes the stakes concrete in a way that abstract debate never does. The part about emotion being valid, being the sign that something real happened to a real person, feels like something that gets said too rarely in these conversations. It's also wild how, in some cases, women are encouraged to preach anywhere except the place that should be the closest to heaven, the church.
Well said!