Presence is powerful. So is absence. Seeing women in leadership matters to girls and equally to women still longing to have their passions, talents, and personhood affirmed by the Body of Christ. The void of women's leadership in the Church is painful and palpable, and the spectrum of God's image will never be fully visible so long as any are silenced, diminished, or excluded.
It's difficult to dream what we haven't glimpsed. Christ's Bride suffers for lack of holy imagination.
Ed Cyzewski is hosting a powerful series on women in ministry, and I am privileged to share part of my story there today. Ed is a peacemaker who writes with the kind of grace and restraint that is as refreshing as it is rare, especially in a climate that seems to reward polarizing and hostile voices. If you haven't visited his site, remedy that!
Read the rest of my post over there, and consider contributing your own to the series.
Read the rest of my post over there, and consider contributing your own to the series.
