Please welcome Laura Stembridge to our team of writers.
Stembridge is a recent graduate of Gonzaga University where she studied English Literature with a concentration in women's and gender studies. She also served in the U.S. Army and as a firefighter for Spokane County Fire District 8.
For Spokane Faith & Values she'll be writing about gender issues within the church.
Learn more about Stembridge on her author's page.
Topics:
Culture,
Gender & Sexuality
Beliefs:
Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags:
gender issues church, laura stembridge, spokanefavs writer stembridge, women and church
Tracy Simmons serves as the editor and community manager of SpokaneFAVS.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and a master’s degree in communication.
She’s reported on religion for about a decade and has written for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut.
Over the y...
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Emotional forms of ministry have their place, but as a woman in the church I am eager to move beyond the emotional woman stereotype and thus the surface-level understanding of my God-given talents and attributes. Therefore I constantly strive for a hopeful realism that exercises the complicated discipline of holding both cynical and idealist realities together in tension.
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Thanks Martin! I appreciate the kudos. I guess twisted minds work alike.
Paul- Thanks for taking the time to read the post and especially for your comment! I certainly agree...
Fabulous article, thank you Bruce! Major points for working Douglas Adams in.
Well, I’m flattered you think so, but frankly that was all “off the cuff” as it were. I just hate t...
Ok, so… The reason Ehrman’s reason fails is because he’s using reason? Isn’t this a bit li...
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