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Broadway Church’s “Faces of Jesus” art collection is impressive in its scope and diversity. For forty years Rev. Paul Smith has been collecting these images, now totally 240, installed in hallway galleries in the church. The collection includes multicultural images of Jesus as female and androgynous, as well as male. One of the female images […]
Circle of Grace is a feminist Christian worshipping community. We are non-doctrinal and seek to re-imagine understandings of language and stories, symbols and metaphors. Our commitment is to inclusivity. We honor each one’s truth and each one’s journey and feel called into community as a way of faithful response. We understand feminism to be […]
Where are the bold ones who will play my song, Which from the beginning I wanted all along? Male and female dancing together, Joined by love, respect and not a tether. A grand symphony of musical light Playing, displaying throughout the night. The love of the creation with which I flow, To join the chorus […]
Welcome to this blog! For many years I have researched, taught, preached, and written books to try to persuade people that we need to include Divine Feminine images in worship if we are to have social justice and equality. Many others have been advocating for inclusive worship even longer. What difference has all this advocating […]
https://www.jannaldredgeclanton.com/music.php#music2 https://www.jannaldredgeclanton.com/music.php#music3 Read Rev. Larry E. Schultz’s story in Changing Church: Stories of Liberating Ministers: https://wipfandstock.com/store/Changing_Church_Stories_of_Liberating_Ministers; condensed version on this blog: https://jannaldredgeclanton.com/blog/?p=388