Simply ChurchThis Easter weekend commemorates the most important event in history–the death and resurrection of Jesus. We celebrate the victory Jesus accomplished for us over sin and death and the forces of darkness. The Easter story is also one where the role of women comes to the fore: A woman anointed Jesus for burial Women watched as… Read More
Sometimes my blog posts about the impact of women and men to co-laboring side by side in the Kingdom are picked up by other sites. They can attract a wealth of comments–usually favorable, sometimes disapproving of my position, and on occasion, downright antagonistic. I’ve observed a whole continuum on gender bias. It goes something like… Read More
A big thank you to all who supported the launch of The Black Swan Effect: A Response to Gender Hierarchy in the Church. Thank you to those who blogged about the book, mentioned it on facebook and wrote tweets. Thank you for those who wrote reviews on Amazon. Check them out–they are amazing. Thank you… Read More
[First of all, an apology to many of you who have made comments to other posts on my blog. The last few weeks have been crazy with the launch of The Black Swan Effect: A Response to Gender Hierarchy in the Church and I’ve just not had time to respond as I usually would.] The other… Read More
The process of writing a book can become all consuming. I know. I’ve written several. It starts out as an idea which grows. An outline forms. The middle stretch is hard–is anyone interested in your topic? The final few months, it takes over much of your life as you try to reach deadlines. I’m so… Read More
[Tweet “IT’S OFFICIAL! THE BLACK SWAN EFFECT IS NOW LIVE ON AMAZON. Yay!!”] Here’s the link to The Black Swan Effect: A Response to Gender Hierarchy in the Church on Amazon. Both paperback and Kindle editions are available. I’m so grateful to the team of women–my wonderful friends Peggy Batcheller-Hijar, Jan Diss, Katie Driver, Suzette Lambert and… Read More
The Verge conference was last weekend. I always look forward to spending time with good friends who make it to Austin for the conference. Neil Cole is one of the contributors to The Black Swan Effect, and he came and hung out with us at our home when the conference was over. I took the… Read More
I was at the Verge conference this past weekend, and caught up with Michael Frost, who’s one of the co-authors of The Black Swan Effect. [Tweet “The Black Swan Effect will be released on April 5th. Just 5 days to go…”] Although The Black Swan Effect is available right now on Amazon, it will help us… Read More
Here’s a quote from an interview with Alan Hirsch in The Black Swan Effect: I don’t understand how a true evangelical can claim to appropriate the Gospel in all its fullness and countenance, and tolerate, for example, racism. So if someone questions me on issues like these, here’s what I say: “Can you imagine a… Read More
Erik Fish, founder of Student CPX which teaches students how to make disciples and plant churches on campuses, and his family are staying with us at present. A few days ago, four heavy boxes arrived for him. They were the first copies of a new pocket manual he has written called [pocket] Disciple: Seven Experiences… Read More
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