minister, author, teacher, chaplain
The ecumenical, multicultural Equity for Women in the Church Community continues to move forward to facilitate access and congregational receptivity so that clergywomen can fulfill their calls to pastor in order to transform church and society. Through writing, preaching, teaching, conversations, blogs, and activist groups, members of the Community continue to make plain the visions […]
“We’ve already done that,” people often say when I mention that I’m working on equity for clergywomen. “We’ve been ordaining women for decades, and women almost equal the number of men enrolled in seminaries and theology schools.” Although it is true that many denominations have been ordaining women since the 1950s and 60s and that […]
All of us have a tendency to imagine our lives within the frames of what is familiar. We often begin by looking at traditional models of church and traditional models of leadership, and wonder if substituting a woman in the traditional male role of pastor will bring about transformation and eradicate the discriminatory energies of […]
Because the mystery of your being, Holy One, destroys our safe assumptions and shakes the foundations of our religiosity like a mighty earthquake, Jesus Christ, Sophia, have mercy on us. Because our hearts are unaccustomed to your intimacy with our lives, Jesus Christ, Sophia, have mercy on us. Because our heritage […]
Marg Herder, Director of Public Information for EEWC-Christian Feminism Today, is a writer, musician, photographer, and sound artist interested in the exploration of the intersection between incarnation and Divinity. She is the author of Christian Feminism Today’s “Where She Is” blog (http://www.eewc.com/wheresheis/) and a blog on her website: http://www.margherder.com/ Marg’s guest article, “The Objectification of […]