By: Corinne

Corinne — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:57:28 +0000

(Okay so bear with me… I know I wrote an Epistle for a comment, but I couldn’t help myself): See… this is what I’m talkin about!!! It’s not that I have a problem with women staying at home to be mothers/homemakers… if so, then I’m screwed. My problem lies in the nerve that a man has to tell me that is my place, my only place, and that I don’t have a choice in the matter. I do feel that being a stay at home mother is a calling, just as being a pastor/deacon/minister/missionary is. But that calling is from God and God alone. Just as every man is not destined to be a mechanic or construction worker (stereotypically what men are “fit to do”), every woman is not called to be a homemaker/wife. And beyond that, my being a homemaker/mother/wife does not limit my knowledge of scripture, and does not silence my voice in the church at large. In fact, I’d argue that being a mother in and of itself lends to a deeper understanding of God’s passionate love for us, therefore qualifying us to speak on areas of God’s nature that men cannot experience (just as men, for thousands of years, have lent their male/Father perspective to us… not a bad thing, but in, and of itself, lacking. Scriptures do say that God created us (both!) in His image, so that tells me that a solely male dominated view of God is incomplete (just as a solely female view of God). We need BOTH for a full understanding of who God is… and no I don’t mean that women tell women who God is and men tell men, but rather a mutual submission (gasp!) and teaching of one another that leads to the whole image of God and His character. Without BOTH sexes being allowed access to the places of teaching/preaching/ministering, our understanding of God will be limited. I just pray that we as a church will stop sitting on our thumbs doing nothing, and finally step up to challenge our leaders to help us seek to understand God fully.

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By: Corinne