This is really excellent. (As usual.) I want to say lots of things but that would not be good stewardship of my time right now...but thank you, Dr Jones, for saying all these things.
I appreciate this newsletter. I’m a person who has found myself in the “middle” on a lot of things theologically and I’m content with that. This is not one that I have found peace on. I feel like I can’t confront this issue objectively. Each time I try, my preconditioning gets it the way. There is too much emotion tied into this issue, too much guilt. I didn’t grow up in a complementarian church. I grew up in a church where women did not help with the offering portion of the service. So to get to the place where women could serve in the church outside of women’s and children ministry took me several years.
So now when I would really like to explore this more, I find emotions like anxiety, fear, and guilt. What pops to my head is that I don’t want to be “on the wrong side” of this issue so I better just toe the line at complementarianism. But what this line of thinking does is prevent me from deciding for myself where I land on this issue.
It’s frustrating because that church was not a good one. I don’t want years of conditioning in my head from a church who did not value women. 🤷🏽♀️
This is really excellent. (As usual.) I want to say lots of things but that would not be good stewardship of my time right now...but thank you, Dr Jones, for saying all these things.
I appreciate this newsletter. I’m a person who has found myself in the “middle” on a lot of things theologically and I’m content with that. This is not one that I have found peace on. I feel like I can’t confront this issue objectively. Each time I try, my preconditioning gets it the way. There is too much emotion tied into this issue, too much guilt. I didn’t grow up in a complementarian church. I grew up in a church where women did not help with the offering portion of the service. So to get to the place where women could serve in the church outside of women’s and children ministry took me several years.
So now when I would really like to explore this more, I find emotions like anxiety, fear, and guilt. What pops to my head is that I don’t want to be “on the wrong side” of this issue so I better just toe the line at complementarianism. But what this line of thinking does is prevent me from deciding for myself where I land on this issue.
It’s frustrating because that church was not a good one. I don’t want years of conditioning in my head from a church who did not value women. 🤷🏽♀️