When roughly 90 percent of evangelical pastors and 80 percent of evangelical seminarians are men, it can be hard
for gifted women to find role models in the church.
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According to the Wells Fargo / Gallup study,
women business owners said their top three sources of initial funding
for their business are cash or savings (85 percent), personal credit cards (37 percent) and financial
gifts or support from family or friends (29 percent).
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Other
gifts include a Christmas tree sent to a couple living in a hotel because their home was destroyed in a tornado, a travel care package sent to a
woman with cancer who had to travel across the country every three weeks
for treatment, and a package of new toys sent to a little girl whose own were destroyed in a fire.
Each of us chases after a desirable «rating» — an average score (out of 5 stars) that's affected by everything from that sideways glance you gave the
woman walking past you on your morning commute to the lack of enthusiasm you displayed
for the birthday
gift your co-worker gave you.
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Finding the perfect
gifts for the
women on your list isn't so impossible.
Traditionally, jewellers market mainly
for men to buy
for women — it's a
gifting economy.
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One
woman showed up to pick up Christmas
gifts for a son interested in environmental science.
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So when a
woman from Bethany pours pricy oil on Jesus» head, he sees her
gift in terms of abundant kindness, not in terms of lost money
for the poor.
I declined as I didn't want to profit from this
gift I was given, but as I know from the story of the Samaritan
woman at the well in John 4 that the Lord uses testimonies to draw others to Himself, so at my own expense I had my testimony printed at a local print shop
for a few hundred dollars, and am distributing it with New Testaments to people as the Lord leads.
Like me, many choose to live out what the Church has always taught about sex, namely that it is a good
gift from God that is only
for marriage between a
woman and a man.
This is because in this mutual relationship, which Genesis 2:23 - 25 speaks of, the man and the
woman become a
gift for each other, through the whole truth and evidence of their own body in its masculinity and femininity.
Real Men don't make concessions
for women's
gifts — they make real space to celebrate every
woman's
gift.
I was new to the area, had just joined the local Mormon church, and here were these
women at my house with a
gift, a meal
for my husband, a smile, a hug and a sympathetic ear.
With honor and high regard
for men and
women alike, it beautifully portrays the wonder of what can happen when we take our places together and walk out the
gifts and callings that God has placed within us as His Church.
Don't you know that «relations» is a
gift for only a married man and
woman?
I've heard from
women who said they tried desperately
for years to quiet their ambitions and leadership skills because they felt those
gifts violated God - ordained «femininity.»
Three cohorts of men and
women (268 socially advantaged Harvard men born about 1920, 456 socially disadvantaged inner - city men born about 1930, and 90 middle - class, intellectually
gifted women born about 1910) have been followed continuously
for six to eight decades.
If
women are celebrated, empowered and given freedom to exercise their
gifts in leadership as God intends, imagine what it could do
for the global Church — God's kingdom on Earth as He intended — a glorious, united and beautifully vibrant people.
And they work tirelessly out in the community, empowering each
woman to use her
gifts to make space
for God in her family, her friendships, her work and her sphere of influence.
In response to our coordinate efforts
for Mutuality 2012, I have heard from
women who say they feel their dignity and worth have been restored, from multiple readers who have changed their minds about
women in ministry, from couples relieved that they can finally put a name to how their relationship has functioned all along, from singles freshly inspired by the «great cloud of witnesses» that surrounds them, from followers of Jesus whose passion
for justice and equality has been renewed, from
women ready to «get on with it» and stop asking permission to use their
gifts and start unapologetically using them.
Women who see how
gifted they are would not have thoughts about the priesthood
for themselves.
In his recap of the visit, he urged the Church «to re-propose the sacrament of matrimony as a
gift and indissoluble commitment between a man and a
woman, the natural environment
for the welcoming and education of children.»
One
woman bought the dog as a consolation
gift for the other after having insisted that she get rid of her cat.
Relationships with men and children may be vitally important to most
women, but
women also have a role to play in society — in every profession there is, society needs
women's
gifts for helping, serving, listening, and instructing.
Similarly, the recognition and right use of
gifts would prove as applicable a criterion
for judging
women's suitability
for leadership in the family as her suitability
for ordination to ministry.
Kaiser believes that all ministries and
gifts are
for all people in the family of God, both men and
women included (p. 154).
Would that Jesus» generous
gift of freedom
for a bent - over
woman were visible in our time, and especially in our sanctuaries.
Looking back at everything I went through, I realize now how important it is
for women to be able to explore all of who they really are, to claim their spiritual
gifts and God - given talents.
«The way forward is
for the church to identify and support
gifted women, partnering with them via theological training and commissioned ministry positions.
In our efforts to restore the equality of
women in the Church, it's so important to honor and thank those men who have consistently championed mutuality, using their influence and
gifts to advance the partnership between men and
women as we work together
for the Kingdom.
There is overwhelming biblical scholarship
for the full equality of
women and that the interpretation of scripture to exclude
women from roles by gender (rather than
gifting) has been found to be rooted in patriarchy, an ancient worldview that became intertwined in the growth and doctrine of the church.
Tough, smart, fearlessly outspoken, and possessed of an uncanny
gift for strategically mobilizing her Middle American supporters (overwhelmingly
women, those housewives from Peoria), she not only beat back the seemingly unstoppable ERA but played a key role in securing the presidential nominations of Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Ronald Reagan in 1980, paving the way
for today's Bush presidency and Republican dominance of Congress and statehouses across the country.
I find that if the Spirit considers a gay man, lesbian
woman, gentile Roman soldier, or Samaritan to be a holy vessel
for His use, that we set our throne higher than He, and judge His mercy and
gift - giving as improper.
Men are superior to
women on account of the qualities with which God hath
gifted the one above the other, and on account of the outlay they make from their substance
for them.
Being engaged in community is a core value of the Jesuit tradition urging that all men and
women should share
gifts generously, pursue justice, and show concern
for the poor and marginalized.
Adam had blamed God
for his good
gift («the
woman you gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree...»); he will learn the goodness of God's
gift of food by the pain it costs him now that it is no longer sheer
gift from heaven to earth, but is earned by hard labor and pain from ground that is cursed.
In liberating our marriages we give our children a precious
gift, the model of a mutually - fulfilling man -
woman relationship, which is one of the best preparations
for their future.
These people would not allow any religion but Christianity to be seen in a good light if taught in classes in the USA, when history proves that, Christianity is the reason so many people in the USA have been motivated to lynch black people, make gays second class citizens, fought against
woman being allowed to vote, hunted down and killed others from different denominations, force all other's to pay
for their «work» whether in the USA or around the world through tax exempt status,
gifts or «Faith - based initiatives».
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I've seen more than a few
women wrestle and pull back from development of their
gifts because they didn't want to step into territory supposedly set apart
for men.
The
gifts of the wise
women were, however, quite fulfilled in the girl,
for she was so beautiful, well mannered, friendly, and intelligent that whoever looked at her couldn't help loving her.
God endowed biblical
women with unique
gifts for handling what came their way as they built God's Realm.
What I learned later was that they were also trailblazers,
women who were clearly
gifted and called by God into ministry, but who had to fight (gently and patiently, as it turned out)
for the chance to serve the church — as
women — as Ministers of Word and Sacrament.