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Articles on Naghmeh Abedini, who is bravely exposing the abusive behaviour of her husband, Pastor Saeed Abedini
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Two Years of Blogging, and Our 100th Post!
The 16th, coming up on Saturday, is the two year anniversary since our first post on The Beautiful Kingdom Warriors blog. On top of that, this is our 100th post!
2015 was an over-the-top year for Becky and I in our personal lives. Consequently, we only published 14 posts in 2015 and most of those were links to other blogs or resources and book reviews. We continued to keep our Facebook page active with fascinating content each day. Be sure to “Like” our page and contribute to the dialogue there!
Here are a couple links to new posts in 2015 with original TBKW content:
A Response to Girl Defined – Is Feminism Devoid of God?
Finding Healing from Codependency
Despite the lag in blogging, we were blessed to have many visitors this year. And I love this image from our WordPress report:
I have designated the next few months as a season of healing for me. I have a window of opportunity to spend time caring for my body and soul, and part of that healing process will involve writing. I am excited to have the space for blogging once again! It was painful for me to leave the blog dormant. I will write soon to explain what I am healing from. I only mention it here to say that this means more content is coming! And I am sure that Becky will be back to TBKW blog as her crazy schedule allows it as well.
Thank you for coming to TBKW for resources and conversations about the place of women in the world and in the Church. Here’s to another year!
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Christmas Vacation Reading Fun
A very Merry {and belated} Christmas to you!
If you are spending extra time off from work over the holiday break, I thought you might appreciate some links to exceptional articles and blog posts on the topics of women in ministry, women of the Bible, violence against women, gender injustice, etc. We are continually sharing our favorites on our Facebook page, but the volume can be a little overwhelming. So here is a whittled down list. Without further ado, here you go:
Sandra Glahn beautifully explains why Peter was not admonishing women to call their husbands “lords” as in “master,” but as a term of gracious respect and courageous endearment.
CBE posted their top ten posts of 2015 here. I also really enjoyed their most recent post, Mockingjays and Unicorns: How the Hunger Games is Changing Our Perceptions of Female Leadership, which isn’t on the list.
I would agree with Jory Micah’s concerns about Matt and Lauren Chandler’s upcoming marriage conference.
The Junia Project shared a powerful article on “What You Need to Know About Bathsheba.”
I LOVE April Kelsey’s post about the purity culture that is actually in the Bible.
Here’s a list of resolutions I can actually get behind.
I could go on, but that should keep you busy for a bit! I’ll leave you with this WORD:
The Beautiful Kingdom Builders 