Press for Progress
My hackles always rise a little when people make statements about “what the Bible says about women” because (at least from my reading)...
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Tanya Riches
Jan 15, 2018
Entering a New Year: Playing with the Spirit
This year, I was honoured to be asked to preach at the Christmas Eve service of St George’s Anglican Church Paddington, Sydney. This...
Fiona Isaacs
Dec 19, 2017
A Christmas Prince
Apologies this piece does contain massive spoilers for the film “A Christmas Prince”. Netflix’s Christmas release “A Christmas Prince”...
Moyra Dale
Dec 8, 2017
Nail Polish and Spiritual Discipline
I read the books on spiritual disciplines and tried to learn from them – Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, other earlier great mystics, and...
Jillian Reay-Smith
Nov 14, 2017
A Prayer for Women
(image from Wonder Woman 2017, Warner Bros) You probably saw the Wonder Woman posters earlier this year. I loved one in particular. In...
Jane Robinson
Nov 4, 2017
Using my days well
I’ve always liked the idea of “using my days well”. When I was teaching I could look back on the day and see what had been done. Now that...
Elise Heerde
Oct 31, 2017
The Problem with Perfection
Do you try your best but your best never seems good enough? You strive to be the ultimate friend, wife, mother, sister, daughter,...
Moyra Dale
Oct 20, 2017
Women's Shame – 3: Menstruation
The previous two posts discussed shame ascribed to women, and embodied in women’s bodies. Jesus’ interaction with women who carried...
Moyra Dale
Oct 19, 2017
Women's Shame – 2: Embodied
In the last post we discussed how shame (and blame) is often ascribed more to women, including in situations of crisis or violence. ...
Megan Powell du Toit
Oct 18, 2017
#metoo: when women are prey
(In my discussion I am centring on the primary dynamic of men as the perpetrators and women as the victims, but please understand that...
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