Submitted by
Pastor Gricel Medina (OWS)
BGE Chairperson
During a visit with a group of women I heard many stories of brokenness that drove me to my knees in prayer.
Stories of women who have undergone extreme sorrow and emotional pain in the workplace and personally. Women trying to do it all in a world that demands us to be all in all. Men who have been intentionally and unintentionally insensitive.
Proverbs 15: 13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,
But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
That day was an awakening for me. It was a startling revelation to see visibly the brokenness still found in women trying to juggle family and work. Women who are gifted, talented, called and unique but so broken by the circumstances of life. Continue Reading »
How Did I Get Here?…with Reflections on The Bible Made Impossible
Filed under: Book & Commentary
I do know this…as a result of serving on this commission; I have become much more sensitized and educated about what the issues are for women in ministry. I am struck and often dumbfounded as to how different camps can view specific passages in scripture in fundamentally different ways. I am even more dumbfounded when some maintain specific positions with virtually no biblical or scriptural basis for their own chosen viewpoint. Recently though, I have opted to not be so surprised by all of this. After all, if the Bible was so perfectly written, then why do we have so many different denominations and varieties of faith that are based upon specific interpretations of various passages in the Bible? Continue Reading »
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