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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Female Christian Bloggers
Andrew Jones (tallskinnykiwi) has a post up about Female Christian Bloggers. It's a great resource of a number of female voices out there reflecting on faith, theology, and life. So go check it out!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Blogging Invitation
I wanted to pass on an blogging opportunity from Rachelle Mee-Chapman to the community here -
Hello! We might have already met at an Emergent Convention, or at your blog or mine (Urban Abbess or Magpie Girl). Now I’m the contributing editor for Religion and Spirituality at BlogHer.com I'm trying to rustle up great posts to feature in my Monday column on Religion and Spirituality.
I've been following your blog for awhile now, and was wondering if you'd like to be on my mailing list of Spirituality Writers. It's a select group of bloggers, and I’d love to have you along. You wouldn’t get a ton of email from me. I would just send out periodic requests for gridblog participation on a given topic. Then I would feature some of the most relevant posts on BlogHer, and maybe at my personal blog as well.
If that sounds interesting to you, reply to this email and ask me to include you on the Spirituality Writers mailing list. I'd love to have you along for the journey.
Shalom,
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
Contributing Editor, BlogHer.com
http://www.blogher.com/blog/rachelle-mee-chapman
P.s. Please feel free to pass this email along to women bloggers you love, even if they only write occasionally about religion and/or spirituality.
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
moi (at) magpie-girl (dot) com
http://www.magpie-girl.com
Hello! We might have already met at an Emergent Convention, or at your blog or mine (Urban Abbess or Magpie Girl). Now I’m the contributing editor for Religion and Spirituality at BlogHer.com I'm trying to rustle up great posts to feature in my Monday column on Religion and Spirituality.
I've been following your blog for awhile now, and was wondering if you'd like to be on my mailing list of Spirituality Writers. It's a select group of bloggers, and I’d love to have you along. You wouldn’t get a ton of email from me. I would just send out periodic requests for gridblog participation on a given topic. Then I would feature some of the most relevant posts on BlogHer, and maybe at my personal blog as well.
If that sounds interesting to you, reply to this email and ask me to include you on the Spirituality Writers mailing list. I'd love to have you along for the journey.
Shalom,
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
Contributing Editor, BlogHer.com
http://www.blogher.com/blog/rachelle-mee-chapman
P.s. Please feel free to pass this email along to women bloggers you love, even if they only write occasionally about religion and/or spirituality.
Rachelle Mee-Chapman
moi (at) magpie-girl (dot) com
http://www.magpie-girl.com
Labels: Blog Stuff, Resources
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Tuesday Book Discussion: The Faith Club
by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner.
Each Tuesday this September we'll be discussing themes from The Faith Club, an interfaith journey between three women friends -- a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian. It's an easy, engaging and rich read -- if you're busy, keep it in the car and read at stop lights, or a sneak in a few minutes before bed. If you haven't started yet, come join the conversation and share your reflections and experiences.
The beginning of the learning year is a good time to look out into the world, as well as into our own hearts to discover what it means to understand, appreciate and grow in relation to people, faiths and experiences very different from our comfort zone.
This week I invite you to share your experiences with people from different faiths, both positive, negative and whatever ambiguous feelings lie in the spaces between these poles.
1. When was the first time (if ever) you had a close friendship with someone of a different religious background?
2. On page 28, someone is quoted saying, "'I never liked that word "tolerance." It's too passive. Think about it. To tolerate someone? That doesn't sound very positive. It's not a call to engage and understand someone else. I like the phrase "'mutual appreciation.'"
What do you think of the word "tolerance?" Do you have any alternatives that you find have more to offer?
3. Why is interfaith friendship and conversation important?
Each Tuesday this September we'll be discussing themes from The Faith Club, an interfaith journey between three women friends -- a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian. It's an easy, engaging and rich read -- if you're busy, keep it in the car and read at stop lights, or a sneak in a few minutes before bed. If you haven't started yet, come join the conversation and share your reflections and experiences.
The beginning of the learning year is a good time to look out into the world, as well as into our own hearts to discover what it means to understand, appreciate and grow in relation to people, faiths and experiences very different from our comfort zone.
This week I invite you to share your experiences with people from different faiths, both positive, negative and whatever ambiguous feelings lie in the spaces between these poles.
1. When was the first time (if ever) you had a close friendship with someone of a different religious background?
2. On page 28, someone is quoted saying, "'I never liked that word "tolerance." It's too passive. Think about it. To tolerate someone? That doesn't sound very positive. It's not a call to engage and understand someone else. I like the phrase "'mutual appreciation.'"
What do you think of the word "tolerance?" Do you have any alternatives that you find have more to offer?
3. Why is interfaith friendship and conversation important?
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Labels: Book Discussions, Culture, International Experiences, Resources, The Faith Club, Theology, Women in Ministry
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Children's Books
I recently got an email from an EW reader who wrote -
So I contributed my $.02 -
I'm with you on the children's books thing. So many that I find (or have been given to me) are just awful. I've yet to find any good Jesus books for kids, but there are a number of decent spirituality books out there. Some of my favorites include -
The Lord's Prayer and The Twenty-third Psalm - by Tim Ladwig (uses the familiar words with fantastic artwork that portrays inner-city life)
and books from the Early Childhood Spirituality series like - Where is God?, What is God's Name?, and How Does God Make Things Happen? (most by Laurence Kushner or Sandy Eisenburg Sasso). These books are very multicultural and focus on love and grace. They have full picture books and board book varieties (a necessity with my toddler).
and (although they are not "Christian" - by label, not intent) I like the values taught in the Todd Parr line of books like The Peace Book and The Feelings Book. (Emma especially like the idea of peace being enough pizza in the world for everyone, she's two)
and I think they are out of print, but the allegorical stories in The Tales of the Kingdom series by David and Karen Mains have been a favorite of mine since I was a kid.
But I would love to find "bible" stories that aren't warped in some way. That don't change the story drastically to be suitable for kids, that don't reduce scripture to a plithy fable, or that don't teach individualistic "me" centered theology.
So I present the question here to the diverse community that meanders to this blog. What do you recommend?
I am a graduate student in English and the wife of a campus minister ... We have a baby boy who is 5 months old. We've been thinking about how to teach him about Jesus (of course) and I've been looking for children's books. I am having a difficult time finding good books for children, and I'm wondering if you might have any recommendations. Perhaps this could be a good post on the blog. Many of the books I find portray Jesus as a white man or assign stereotypical roles to women and men. I would also love to teach him to pray for children in poverty, and I can't seem to find any books on this!
So I contributed my $.02 -
I'm with you on the children's books thing. So many that I find (or have been given to me) are just awful. I've yet to find any good Jesus books for kids, but there are a number of decent spirituality books out there. Some of my favorites include -
The Lord's Prayer and The Twenty-third Psalm - by Tim Ladwig (uses the familiar words with fantastic artwork that portrays inner-city life)
and books from the Early Childhood Spirituality series like - Where is God?, What is God's Name?, and How Does God Make Things Happen? (most by Laurence Kushner or Sandy Eisenburg Sasso). These books are very multicultural and focus on love and grace. They have full picture books and board book varieties (a necessity with my toddler).
and (although they are not "Christian" - by label, not intent) I like the values taught in the Todd Parr line of books like The Peace Book and The Feelings Book. (Emma especially like the idea of peace being enough pizza in the world for everyone, she's two)
and I think they are out of print, but the allegorical stories in The Tales of the Kingdom series by David and Karen Mains have been a favorite of mine since I was a kid.
But I would love to find "bible" stories that aren't warped in some way. That don't change the story drastically to be suitable for kids, that don't reduce scripture to a plithy fable, or that don't teach individualistic "me" centered theology.
So I present the question here to the diverse community that meanders to this blog. What do you recommend?
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
Hot Off the Press
This just in from Erin Word (aka Lily) and Pam Hogeweide ... an opportunity to write about our experiences as women for women and men. It's short notice, but this looks like a great time to pull something out that we may done previously and give it a new shine. ~ Sonja ~
Women are emerging from the shadows of ministry, busting through the stained-glass ceiling and taking a sledgehammer to old stereotypes. Here's a chance for you to have a voice - would you like to be heard?
Hi, I'm Erin Word (you might know me as Lily), and I have a blog called Decompressing Faith. Let me introduce you to my friend Pam Hogeweide, who writes for Off-The-Map and has a blog called How God Messed Up My Religion. We are the June, 2007 guest editors for The Porpoise Diving Life, a widely read ezine which focuses on issues of church and faith.
Our theme for this issue: "Progress: Faith in a Dress"
Deadline: This project landed in our laps on Friday, May 18th, and all submissions must reach us by midnight pacific time Monday, May 28 for consideration. A tight deadline, but let's go for it!
What we are looking for: Submissions from emerging and missional Christian women. Free, out-of-the-box thinkers. Alternative expressions of faith. Wild and crazy, postmodern approaches to theology. Church misfits. Women on the edge. Stained-glass-ceiling rule-breakers. Diverse perspectives are entirely welcome! If you identify with any of those statements, we want to hear from you! Poetry, prose, fiction...you name it, we'll read it. We also are looking for book and music reviews, if that is more your style.
Anything you submit must be your own original work: It may have been published elsewhere (like on your blog, for instance) and we will still consider it, as long as it is not under copyright. There are no strict word-count parameters; we are aiming for a maximum of 1000 words. We also ask that all submissions be written by women and in English.
Here are some ideas to start with: these are not meant to be strictly adhered to, only to help get you thinking - any other ideas you have are quite welcome. Also, some of the questions refer to your "ministry". The word "ministry" here is whatever it means to you: your home, your family and friends, your workplace, your neighborhood, your church, the homeless, pagans, minorities, foreigners...however you see it to be in your life.
One more thing: we are compiling a list of books, blogs and resources which support the concept of gender equality and in support of women in all levels of Christian leadership and ministry. If you have any ideas, be sure to pass them along!
Pam Hogeweide
Erin Word
Women are emerging from the shadows of ministry, busting through the stained-glass ceiling and taking a sledgehammer to old stereotypes. Here's a chance for you to have a voice - would you like to be heard?
Hi, I'm Erin Word (you might know me as Lily), and I have a blog called Decompressing Faith. Let me introduce you to my friend Pam Hogeweide, who writes for Off-The-Map and has a blog called How God Messed Up My Religion. We are the June, 2007 guest editors for The Porpoise Diving Life, a widely read ezine which focuses on issues of church and faith.
Our theme for this issue: "Progress: Faith in a Dress"
Deadline: This project landed in our laps on Friday, May 18th, and all submissions must reach us by midnight pacific time Monday, May 28 for consideration. A tight deadline, but let's go for it!
What we are looking for: Submissions from emerging and missional Christian women. Free, out-of-the-box thinkers. Alternative expressions of faith. Wild and crazy, postmodern approaches to theology. Church misfits. Women on the edge. Stained-glass-ceiling rule-breakers. Diverse perspectives are entirely welcome! If you identify with any of those statements, we want to hear from you! Poetry, prose, fiction...you name it, we'll read it. We also are looking for book and music reviews, if that is more your style.
Anything you submit must be your own original work: It may have been published elsewhere (like on your blog, for instance) and we will still consider it, as long as it is not under copyright. There are no strict word-count parameters; we are aiming for a maximum of 1000 words. We also ask that all submissions be written by women and in English.
Here are some ideas to start with: these are not meant to be strictly adhered to, only to help get you thinking - any other ideas you have are quite welcome. Also, some of the questions refer to your "ministry". The word "ministry" here is whatever it means to you: your home, your family and friends, your workplace, your neighborhood, your church, the homeless, pagans, minorities, foreigners...however you see it to be in your life.
- Can women lead men?
- Are women effective leaders and thinkers in the body of Christ?
- What is the place for social minorities in Christianity?
- What does emerging or missional work look like in your life?
- How do you see gender equality in matters of faith?
- What do you see as the primary role of the Church?
- What do you think are the biggest misconceptions about women in ministry?
- What are the greatest gifts women bring to ministry?
- Who are some of your emerging/missional women heroes?
- How do you perceive your mission field and how do you reach it?
- What have some of your struggles been as a woman of faith?
- How do you see women in ministry changing over the next 25 years?
- How has your expression of or role in the church changed or grown in the last 5 years?
- How has your theology changed in the last 5 years?
- How has your theology changed in the last 5 years?
One more thing: we are compiling a list of books, blogs and resources which support the concept of gender equality and in support of women in all levels of Christian leadership and ministry. If you have any ideas, be sure to pass them along!
Pam Hogeweide
Erin Word
Labels: Emerging Church, Gender Issues, Resources, Sexuality, Women in Ministry
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Flick off
Good morning, all. Over at our current book discussion, (Colossians Remixed) we've been talking about how to incorporate ecological sensitivity into our lives of faith. I just came across a great website that I thought was worth sharing with everyone. It's very pragmatic, with great, simple suggestions for reducing our [negative] impact on our earth. Take a look at Flick Off and see what you can change! I'll be letting my dishes airdry today.
Labels: Book Discussions, environment, Resources
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
St. Teresa of Avila Presentation
At the recent Emerging Women Midwest Gathering, Elsie Rivera Palabrica gave a presentation on St. Teresa of Avila as a woman who re-imagined. Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to show the powerpoint with all of the illustrations. But she has made the presentation on St. Teresa of Avila, monasticism and centering prayer is available to anyone who would like a copy (in pdf or powerpoint format). Let us know if you'd like a copy, with notes, emailed to you by leaving a comment or sending an email to emergingwomen@gmail.com.
Elsie also writes - "The centering prayer website recommended in the presentation is www.centeringprayer.com. The text of the most popular book on centering prayer, Open Heart, Open Mind by Thomas Keating, is available at www.centeringprayer.com/OpenHeart/index.htm - note, this link isn't directly accessible through the main website so be sure to bookmark it."
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Monday, March 05, 2007
Peter Rollins at CCF
I mentioned last week, that Peter Rollins author of "How (Not) to Speak of God" spent some time with our community. If anyone is interested, we recorded his time with us. I posted the link to our site. You can download the discussions. He is a funny and interesting guy. If you are reading the book or interested in hearing more, please check it out.
http://ccfblog.wordpress.com/
http://ccfblog.wordpress.com/
Labels: Resources, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Friday, January 12, 2007
Gifted for Leadership
Hi all.
I wanted to pass along a new resource I came across. Apparently Christianity Today has created a site called Gifted for Leadership to encourage women to use the gifts God has given them. It seems to just be getting going, but has some good articles posted so far. It's worth checking out.
I wanted to pass along a new resource I came across. Apparently Christianity Today has created a site called Gifted for Leadership to encourage women to use the gifts God has given them. It seems to just be getting going, but has some good articles posted so far. It's worth checking out.
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Braveheart's Battle
Sorry, gals. We were left out of the "big battle." :-( Two people from our faith community were mentioned, though. (Maurice Broaddus and Lauren David) I've got to say that I'm not exactly looking to be included in anybody's fight, but it would have been an honor in a weird way to be listed in this particular group of people. The article's not really worth your time (more of the same anti-ec crap that we've all heard or read plenty of times before), but the comments are worth a quick perusal and it's a handy list of links since the blogs are ones that most of us would actually enjoy.
Labels: Blog Stuff, Emerging Church, Resources
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Web and Writing Resources (a beginning)
I threw out a bunch of resources related to the web and writing during one of our last sessions at the East Coast Gathering and wanted to post what I could here.
If you want to create your own blog where you can use your voice and write check out –
Blogger
Typepad (costs money)
LiveJournal
Multiply
If you want to be a posting member of this blog, Emerging Women, - email me at emergingwomen@gmail.com
Check out the Emergent Village site. This is the organization that is helping lead the emerging church conversation. They are looking for theology articles and articles about women and faith. Follow the links to read more and find out the details regarding submitting articles.
Also on the Emergent Village site, find out information about Emergent Cohorts (about connecting with one, starting one, and about what they are discussing).
Another great place to join in on the conversation is theooze. Check out the message boards for a wide variety of conversations. As for writing, they are looking for original submissions of:
General articles or essays (Culture, Faith and Ministry)
Reviews of current books, movies, music, and the arts (everything from comic books to galleries).
Interviews.
Creative writing, and Poetry.
Articles can be up to 4,500 words in length, although they can and occasionally do publish larger articles in two or three separate sections.
Articles can be submitted to here (Ooze username is required)or emailed to galadriel@theooze.com.
I encourage the women here to use their voice in whatever way God has called them to.
If you want to create your own blog where you can use your voice and write check out –
Blogger
Typepad (costs money)
LiveJournal
Multiply
If you want to be a posting member of this blog, Emerging Women, - email me at emergingwomen@gmail.com
Check out the Emergent Village site. This is the organization that is helping lead the emerging church conversation. They are looking for theology articles and articles about women and faith. Follow the links to read more and find out the details regarding submitting articles.
Also on the Emergent Village site, find out information about Emergent Cohorts (about connecting with one, starting one, and about what they are discussing).
Another great place to join in on the conversation is theooze. Check out the message boards for a wide variety of conversations. As for writing, they are looking for original submissions of:
General articles or essays (Culture, Faith and Ministry)
Reviews of current books, movies, music, and the arts (everything from comic books to galleries).
Interviews.
Creative writing, and Poetry.
Articles can be up to 4,500 words in length, although they can and occasionally do publish larger articles in two or three separate sections.
Articles can be submitted to here (Ooze username is required)or emailed to galadriel@theooze.com.
I encourage the women here to use their voice in whatever way God has called them to.
Labels: Resources
Monday, July 10, 2006
i like lists
At least, I like lists that are not of the "to do" nature. I've been using Squidoo to keep track of my techie lists, so today I've decided to start an emerging women resource lens (aka list). It is kind of small right now, so if you've got ideas on things to add either leave a comment here or leave a blurb there.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Wanna help write a book?
I had a conversation with a woman from a publishing concern (InterVarsity Press) who has expressed some professional interest in our 'women-in-ministry' stories, with the added suggestion that 'women-in-leadership' might reach a larger and broader audience. Sooooooooooooo, if you want to help with this effort, send me [mizliz00725@hotmail.com] your favorite or most touching or most maddening 'women of faith in action' stories to collect and collate and send on to IVP. I'm not giving a word limit or such; I'm confident the stories will determine most of that themselves. At the end, please supply me with your name as you might want to see it in print, a title or postion if you want, and city/state. If you have questions or concerns or an idea for a killer title for such a book as this, just email me. Thanks - and let the stories be told!
Liz
Liz