To: Karlene
From: Josh
So here is the big surprise that’s been keeping me up at night the past couple of days. I really appreciate your blogging and wanted to give you some place special online that you could call home. I love you so much and hope that this brings you a lot of enjoyment and [...]
Plenty of lengthy explanations for a biblical understanding of gender equality exist, on the web and in print. I would still like to offer what I hope will be a brief summary of my own framework for a scriptural understanding of equality. Let’s start with some myth-busting.
Myth: Egalitarians believe “equality” means “same.”
Of course men and [...]
It just keeps coming up, like a disease that won’t be cured. The subordination of women in the Church and in the family. I was surfing the website of a cool church that I’ve admired from afar for awhile. Neat church, involved with wonderful ministries, has great ideas about how to do church. And then [...]
Karlene co-pastors a church plant in Springfield, Oregon with her husband Josh, focusing on Christian community development and emerging church practices. Along with her duties as a pastor, Karlene is a proud mother, diligent student, awesome wife, brilliant blogger, avid coffee drinker, and addicted Sudoku player.
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