Faith After Failure

Can Women Be Elders in the Church?

This question has been rattling around in my head for years. When my church started a conversation about eldership and what it looks like, we dove right into the qualifications of an elder, and the "men only" part rubbed me the wrong way. Why only men? Shouldn'

Redemption

Speak To Your Hurt, Don't Speak From It

A friend unfollowed me on Twitter. This was back in 2011, which means it was original Twitter, the good Twitter, the Twitter where your follower count still felt like it mattered. And my friend, a woman I respected, had just removed herself from mine. Not the sort of thing a