Faith Formation: Confronting Misogyny

From Matthew Fox: Some Poems to the Mother

Mary the Tower

by Diana Butler Bass

What would Christianity be like if Mary Magdalene hadn't been hidden from view?

AND/OR

All the Marys

A Monday Musing from The Cottage - Diana Butler Bass' sermon from Wild Goose Festival, July, 2022; based on  Elizabeth Schrader’s work on the Marys.

July 18, 2022

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Womanist biblical scholar, the Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, shares Biblical Language for a God who Transcends Gender - along with pretty much every book, blog post, and article she's written.

From Watershed Moment to Apocalypse Now

A warning from Southern Baptist history to the rest of us

Diana Butler Bass

 Rev. Dr. Michael Piazza reflects on Our Non-Binary God.

 Women often suffer the most from environmental degradation. A nonprofit in Colombia is trying to make their needs central to conservation.

Ninfa Carianil Damaso, first female forest ranger of Fundación ProAves, poses in front of a nature preservation sign.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FUNDACIÓN PROVISO

God in Feminine Form

By Daneen Akers of Watchfire Media

Paul, a First Century Feminist

by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Frantz

Matthew Fox writes extensively about the need to balance the Sacred Masculine with the Feminine Divine, often citing Hilldegard of Bingen, among other mystics, as references. See, for example, The Goddess as Gaia and Our Mother and Healthy Masculinity Welcoming the Return of the Divine Feminine.

Rev. Dr. Cameron Trimble, reflecting on how our words/language create our realities, encourages us to Say What You Mean.

The Line from #MeToo to #ChurchToo by Mihee Kim-Kort

Podcast Episode 8: Dr. Stephanie Krehbiel reflects on the challenge of addressing sexual violence in institutionalized church spaces.

Theological Violence toward the Divine Feminine: Praying for an end to Rape Culture by Rev. Roger Wolsey (10.26.17)

AMEND Together is a primary prevention initiative dedicated to ending violence against women and girls by engaging men and boys to be a part of the solution.

AMENDing Through Faith is an eight-week series for men who are passionate about ending violence against women and actively seeking specific ways to make the world a better place. This series is Christian faith-based but is adaptable to other faiths.

The PC(USA) Store has compiled a list of resources for Preaching & Teaching Women's Stories resources.

An Interactive Journal on Christian Social Justice

Their Gender page is updated regularly with articles reflective of current events, issues, and practices.

HUNGER AT THE CROSSROADS: SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY, AND HUNGER

Hosted by ELCA World Hunger, this webinar series explores the many ways hunger and poverty intersect with other issues, including climate change, food production, access to housing, racial justice, gender justice and more; including ways we can be part of God’s promise of a just world where all are fed.

CONVERGENCE offers numerous leadership and community development webinars on-demand or in a cohort:

Do Christianity and Buddhism Have Shamanic Roots?: A Teach-In with Isa Gucciardi and Matthew Fox

Spiritual and Theological Evolution with Sue Monk Kidd

Boundary Training for Clergy

Cosmic Wisdom and the Divine Feminine: Lost Insights for an Emerging World - 15 Day Teach-In with Rabbi Rami Shapiro and Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox spends a few days with Julian of Norwich Celebrating Divine Wisdom and the Feminine and Julian: Divine Wisdom, Christ and Divine Motherhood at Work. Scroll down for the video and a more thorough discourse.

Barbara A. Holmes' film series with The Work of the People: A Transcendent Leap (on our cosmic identities), Womanist Theology, Release the Fire (on Pentecost and the Spirit), Be the Mystery, Emerging Wholeness (on God's call to love our neighbor), A Contemplative Moment (on how contemplative prayer births prophetic proclamation and action).