Category Archives: #MeToo

Called and Courageous Girls!

Posted on October 3, 2018 by

The brave little climber in this photo is my four-year-old grand-ezer. She’s the same little ezer who, this past summer at a pool here in Philly, stood in line with kids twice her size and—armed with her floaties—jumped off the diving board … Continue reading →

Posted in #MeToo, ezer, Lost Women of the Bible | 7 Comments

Trauma, Resilience, and the Church

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2018 issue of Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture, Vol. 13, edited by Paul Louis Metzger and is reprinted here with permission.  As a young girl blessed with … Continue reading →

Posted in #MeToo, Half the Church | 5 Comments

The #MeToo Stories of the Bible We Tend to Ignore

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

The NYTimes recently resurfaced the video of pastor Andy Savage’s public apology at Highpoint Church in Memphis for sexually abusing Jules Woodson when he was her youth pastor. In it, he characterized his assault as a “sexual incident.” The congregation … Continue reading →

Posted in #ChurchToo, #MeToo, Finding God in the Margins | 4 Comments