Category Archives: womanhood
An Essay on the Awesomeness of Men
Denny Burk has just announced the release of the latest Journal for Biblical Manhood & Womanhood. Here are the contents and Burk’s introduction to the journal: The Spring 2012 issue of The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is now online, and you … Continue reading
Dad Moms, the Man Fail, and the Incredible Potential of Godly Women
If you chanced across this little piece of virtual real estate last week, you might have seen that I blogged about a Tide commercial featuring a self-identified “dad mom.” I suggested, based on my read of Scripture, that this was … Continue reading
Filed under gender roles, womanhood
New IXMarks: Pastoring Women
The new IXMarks eJournal is out, and it’s on pastoring women and honoring and understanding distinctiveness. Below is a listing of the Journal’s contents. I. Pastoring Women: Understanding And Honoring Distinctness Why Complementarianism Is Crucial to Discipleship By Jonathan Leeman If … Continue reading
Filed under 9Marks, church life, womanhood
Boys in Skirts and Marriages Under Fire: The New Journal for Biblical Manhood & Womanhood Is Online
The newest issue of the Journal for Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (Spring 2010, Volume 15.1) has just been posted online. It looks as provocative and useful as ever. I’ve posted the full table of contents below; I commend all of … Continue reading
Filed under gender roles, manhood, womanhood
Sandra Bullock’s Dilemma, John Piper’s Decision, and Parenthood’s Complexity
David Brooks poses an interesting question in his column today: Two things happened to Sandra Bullock this month. First, she won an Academy Award for best actress. Then came the news reports claiming that her husband is an adulterous jerk. … Continue reading
Women Fighting, and Men Doing Little About it
I have been shocked of late to find two videos showing women enacting brutality against one another. Femininity is a contested sphere nowadays, both literally and figuratively. First, I came across a video of a recent fight between women in … Continue reading
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NYT: Modern Women are Unhappy
I have blogged about this before–mainly because it keeps coming up–but I’ve just read a fascinating piece called “Blue Is the New Black” by NYT op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd in which she briefly explores her thesis that modern women are … Continue reading
The Bride Wore White–But Why?
Newsweek is running a piece, “MySpace Generation Brides Go for Sexy, Not Virgin” that chronicles the sexualization of weddings and offers this concise statement of where things are: “In response, sociologists say, the sexier dresses and the handoff of pin-up … Continue reading
Filed under marriage, sex, sexualized culture, weddings, womanhood
