Nature, nurture, doing and being
The comment thread to the previous post has brought up some interesting points that I've been pondering. La Lubu thinks...

Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
A Catholic blogger recently wrote an anti-contraception post, which led a commenter to accuse him of thinking women are "reproductive...

The order of beneficence
One more point that came up in the cult-of-Eros discussion was about the balance between love owed to intimates and...

Everlasting love
In the comments to my last post, both Lee and Christopher suggested that perhaps the problem isn't that people worship...

Who's making an idol?
There's more I could say about free will, but frankly I'm getting tired of the subject, so I'll give it...

The silence of the Lamb
I'm having a slow afternoon at work, so I thought I'd comment on something from a while back. Before I...

Dirty laundry
After going to my second Beta class last night, where at least 25% of my discussion table was homosexual, I...

Family as idol
Jennifer's recent post linking to an article on gender-selective technology started me on a train of thought, or perhaps continued...

The real you
The comments to yesterday's post turned into a discussion of individualism, and how it relates to Christian life. The subject...

Put away that toothpaste!
OK, even in my less-than-stellar condition, this made me laugh. Especially the comments. ("Better switch to Arm and Hammer toothpaste,...

Touch that third rail, baby!
The former Captain Inertia, who for some reason has switched to a new blog with the equally delightful name of...

She stoops to conquer
Rilina recently wrestled with the infamous Ephesians 5, and her commenter Synaesthete offered a novel defense of a male-only priesthood:...

The woman at the well
Hugo Schwyzer has been posting about rape and the politics of consent, which in the comments to this post turned...

Sed contra
Thanks for the words of support regarding my back. It's somewhat better today, and since I'm stuck at my desk...

The opposite sex
So, as advertised, I'm getting around to women's ordination again. Back in part one of this discussion I asked about...

More on women's ordination
No, I haven't forgotten the subject, I'm just chewing on it. In the meantime, Tripp at Anglobaptist examines 1 Timothy...

Carrot and stick
Jennifer, in a post she has now taken down, linked back to this lecture on abortion by Stanley Hauerwas. I...

Embodiment
In the comments to the previous post, Matthias wrote: All this crap about who sleeps where and who puts what...

That issue that won't go away
Last week at Bible study, the pastor told us his bishop wanted him to find out his congregation's opinions on...

What a woman wants
Over the last few months I've been having this drawn-out argument with Telford about Ephesians 5, set off by how...

Reaction formation
Peter Nixon asks if Virginia Postrel's criticism of evangelicals is fair: As I've said before, saying that homosexuality is wrong...

A gender-conscious blogwatch
Sgt. Stryker posted his remarks that I quoted earlier on his own blog, with more comments. This set Peter Nixon...

Promise Keepers
Allen's passing mention of the Promise Keepers reminded me of a remarkable piece I read a few years back, by...

More on the man problem
From Peter Nixon: When I made my Cursillo, I encountered a lot of men who, at my age, were a...

Men, men, men, men
Donald Sensing has a long post protesting the feminization of church. Allen Brill begs to differ. I agree with Allen...

Cuss and discuss
One apparent result of the Andrew Sullivan fracas was that I found myself on the blogroll of Ex-Gay Watch, whose...

A sign of the coming Apocalypse
At least, that's one way to take the fact that I wrote a post that got approving links from two...

On the turning away
There's been a lot of discussion in the Catholic blogosphere lately over the fact that Andrew Sullivan seems to have...

Drawing the lines
It has come to my attention, through the comments below, that I misrepresented David Heddle. Sorry! I think a lot...

Male and female he created them
So last night I posted two views on women's ordination, but I didn't say what I thought about it all....

Headship, bodyship, and speaking in church
Telford has the first draft of his defense of women's ordination up, and is inviting feedback. And if you like...

One love
I dropped out of the marriage discussion after a couple posts, but Lynn has gone on with a lot of...