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Tag: Gender

Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner?

Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner?

Posted on February 1, 2011March 5, 2011 by Rachel A. Heath
Like many teenagers in burgeoning evangelical-emergent Christian churches at the end of the nineties, I loved Christian contemporary music (CCM, as it goes). Jars of Clay, Third Day, Newsboys, The Ben... Read More
Escaping Clergy Gender Norms

Escaping Clergy Gender Norms

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Joshua Stanton
On an ideal Sunday, I get up and quietly make my wife breakfast, so that I can present it to her with great gusto before she’s emerged from bed. After dining and doing the dishes, I throw on my ... Read More
The Real News Story

The Real News Story

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio
Here’s a news headline for you: The trial begins in Phoenix today for Faleh Hassan Almaleki, the Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter for becoming too Westernized. The prosecution’s arg... Read More
Orphan Stories at Christmastime

Orphan Stories at Christmastime

Posted on December 23, 2010December 23, 2010 by Ben DeVan
My inaugural posts at State of Formation seem to indicate a passion for sharing what I believe are incisive resources with State of Formation contributors and readers. This Christmas Eve Eve, I commen... Read More
(en)gendering dialogue

(en)gendering dialogue

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jennifer Sanborn
I believe we human beings are a unique mix of feminine and masculine energies, the gift of both nature and nurture. In my experience, this mix of gendered elements, both fixed and continually shaped b... Read More
Superman of the House

Superman of the House

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Bryan Parys
This post originally appeared at the Good Men Project Magazine In 1987, just a few weeks before he died of cancer, my father recorded his final thoughts onto an audiotape. Among his slow, brea... Read More
Drinking the Dregs: Tepid Thoughts on Indecision

Drinking the Dregs: Tepid Thoughts on Indecision

Posted on December 7, 2010December 7, 2010 by Bryan Parys
Sometimes I loathe how much my actions are based on the temperature gauge—my activism blanketed in a liminal state of dissipating warmth.... Read More
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