Pomomusings Gets Quoted by The Associated Press

Date February 17, 2007

I received an email last week from an Associated Press reporter who had been referred to my blog via Dave, who was also contacted by the same reporter. She was writing an article on Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Church, and she had been doing a bit of internet research. While I’m certainly not the [...]

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“Accepting gals into a lead teaching position…”

Date April 11, 2005

Oh, how wonderful to see a reference to women in ministry as “gals” (oh, don’t we all remember the "girls" scandal of February ‘04, courtesy of TallSkinnyKiwi); this is an excerpt from an email from someone at Westwinds Community Church. Blogger Ann (her post is here) received this email while inquiring about a teaching position [...]

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A breaking point?

Date July 31, 2004

Although some have said that I cannot handle ‘dissenting viewpoints’ on my blog, the truth is that I hold diversity up very highly. I dream of a church where I can be sitting next to someone with whom I disagree with theologically, but with whom I can worship the same God and still love each [...]

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Make it a Non-Issue Now

Date May 1, 2004

Ran across this sad story from Jen today. A fellow blogger, Tammy, preached at her church and received a horrific letter from a man who is associated with this ministry. I make no apologies for saying this is a horrific letter and that this man will have much to answer for before Christ (as will [...]

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Busting Out of the Court of Women

Date January 26, 2004

Maybe it’s just that I had a lot of experience with the issue of women in ministry during undergrad, but I’m kind of tired of this issue. My freshman year roommate believed women should not be in ministry or leadership [he also had Confederate flags in our room and wrote his thesis in high school [...]

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