When Plan D Is Godde’s Plan A
Now when Jesus heard that John was arrested, he went to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, to fulfill what was spoken through...
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One of the Reasons Women Leave the Church: Podcast with Sandi Amorim
In August Adelle M. Banks reported on a study that showed church attendance among women is dropping along with women volunteers within church. I think my podcast with Sandi Amorim offers one of the...
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Why I Keep Harping on Biblical Women, Equality, & Women Working
Rev. Laura Grimes officiating Mass There’s a reason why I keep harping on the subjects I do. There’s a reason I’m writing a book called Career Women of the Bible. And there’s a reason I wrote the...
View ArticleThree Years Ago on ShawnaAtteberry.com: Phoebe
Three years ago on this site I wrote a post, which has become one of the most popular posts on this blog on Phoebe. Phoebe was a wealthy woman who was the pastor of a church in Cenecherae in Greece,...
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Bishop-Abbess and Homemaker: St. Brigid of Kildare
St. Brigid icon by Katherin Burleson February 1 is the feast day of St. Brigid. Brigid is one of my favorite saints. I think the main reason is because we can’t separate history from legend when it...
View ArticleInterview with Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Dr. Jann Aldredge-Clanton interviewed me for her Changing Church series. You can read the interview here. Jann’s Changing Church series highlights women in ministry, and how we are working to change...
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Women’s History Month: St Frances of Rome
Today is the feast day of one of the few married woman saints: Frances of Rome. I found it highly ironic and funny that this was today’s Epistle reading in The Book of Common Prayer: Now about what you...
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Studying the Women of the Bible
This post is in response to Rachel Held Evans’ “ One In Christ: A Week of Mutuality, dedicated to discussing an egalitarian view of gender—including relevant biblical texts and practical applications....
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Did the Early Christians Agree on Women Leaders?
This post is for the Week of Mutuality, the incredible brain child of Rachel Held Evans. Eight little verses. Eight verses out of 31,103 verses in the entire Bible have been used to screw women over...
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Hilda of Whitby: Abbess and Bishop
I am reading Nicola Griffith’s novel, Hild, which tells the story of Hilda of Whitby. It is a richly detailed historical novel that weaves a wonderfully plausible story of the life Hilda could have...
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