HeyJaredSarah Griffith
Offering disarming theology for those reconsidering misogyny masked as faithful teaching.
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They Said, “Be the Good Woman Behind Every Man” (opens the original)
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There came a time when my (ex) pastor sat me down and said, “You are not submissive enough for ministry.”He and the other leaders did not feel like they could trust me to lead women because I was not a “team player.” He said, “You are like a golden retriever who’s so excited to be involved but keeps knocking people over with its tail.” He said, “You seem really intent on being up in front of people. It seems you really want the spotlight, and faithful women don’t do that. They work to support th
What’s in a Name? (opens the original)
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In the rubble of having our head pastor fall from grace and exit, half the elder board and staff leaving, and members fleeing the hot, messy dumpster fire of a church upheaval of this magnitude, I stepped up to help shore up the ship—at least where women’s ministry was concerned.Having been in seminary classes that taught me how to create and run healthy ministries, I wrote a 20-page proposal, complete with a cost sheet and an org chart, outlining the team I would cultivate to lead this ministry
Tamar the Trollop (opens the original)
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Anytime I hear a message from the pulpit about Tamar, I brace myself.Mostly, Tamar does us no favors here in the feminist world, am I right? She is obviously displaying everything we women are trying to fight against.First, she is a black widow, killing helpless men left and right. With no husband alive, she ends up living on Judah’s dime. So annoying. Driven crazy by her desire to have a husband and a baby—always the driving force of every deranged woman—she resorts to womanly manipulation and
Theological Imagination (opens the original)
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Our imagination is engaged anytime we read narrative. Your brain imagines what the setting and characters look like and what their voices sound like. You imagine what you might do or how you might feel in a character’s position. This is part of the power of narrative: because so much of your mind is involved, the story stays with you. You get lost in the plotline, identify with characters, and lift out the underlying truths the author wanted us to find.Much of the Bible comes to us through narra
Three Books for You: Live with Sarah Griffith (opens the original)
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