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Julie, no problem. I just wanted to head off any Nancy Grace-type speculation on the blog before it started. :-)
:::posted by Chad on 3/31/2006 03:03:00 PM
Sorry Chad...I was trying to say exactly what you are saying but it must've come out wrong. I was saying that we don't know what happened but that I couldn't dispute the fact that we still have a patriarchal system. We have been portrayed so many ways in the last several days and so far, none of them have been good.
:::posted by julie on 3/31/2006 12:25:00 AM
Julie,
This terrible incident came up in my Sunday lunch conversation. I know details are still few and a lot of speculation has been forthcoming. Right now we should be in prayer for Mary, the girls, the extended family and church that this has affected.
I think, however, we should be hesitant to draw a necessary link between this and the patriarchal practices of Churches of Christ, especially when we don't know the whole story. There are a range of possible responses to patriarchy, as well as a range of formative results (i.e. not everyone who's experienced patriarchy becomes a murderer; one might rather become an activist). It's important to examine particular cases before making a wide-ranging generalization. There may be a direct link in this case, but again, let's proceed with caution until more is revealed.
What this situation does give us is the opportunity to reflect on how gender hierarchies can conspire to create tragic events, which might be helpful to the readers of this forum. So people, any thoughts?
:::posted by Chad on 3/28/2006 12:25:00 PM
This whole story about Mary Winkler and the murder of her husband has brought up some old stuff for me about the Church of Christ. I have read some blogs that are talking about what they know the Church of Christ to be...some are way off base and some are right on....one that was right on was a journalist who had one set of grandparents from the Church of Christ and he stated that out of all the fundamentalist groups that Churches of Christ still maintained one of the most patriarchal systems still in existence. So true. I want the other pieces to the puzzle of this murder. It doesn't make sense with the information that we have...except what we infer...and I am sure that we can make up millions of scenarios. I am praying for Mary Winkler and those three little girls...how tragic!
:::posted by julie on 3/27/2006 11:13:00 PM
my soul thirsts
2nd Annual Women in Ministry Conference
May 24 & 25, 2006
You are invited to the 2nd annual Women in Ministry Conference, to be hosted by Rochester College. The purpose of this conference is to encourage women who work in ministry in Churches of Christ.
It may interest you to attend two encouraging events at Rochester College in May! The Rochester College Sermon Seminar will end just hours before the Women in Ministry Conference begins. Please join us for both events if your schedule allows.
Our speaker will be Dr. Jackie Halstead. We will also hear from D'Esta Love, Jeanene Reese, Charme Robarts and others!
For more information click here.
"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." ~Psalm 63:1
:::posted by Christopher on 3/26/2006 02:55:00 PM
Listers will be interested in this story from Newsday.com:
Pope could show charity to women
Benedict dropped a bombshell, saying it is right to ask if 'more space' can be given women in ministry
BY PHYLLIS ZAGANO
March 20, 2006
A hundred years from now, women will remember Don Marco Valentini, a 39-year-old parochial vicar of the Church of San Girolamo a Corviale in the Diocese of Rome. At a meeting with other priests of his diocese on March 2, Don Marco asked his bishop, who happens to be Pope Benedict XVI, why not include women in the governance of the church? ...
To read the rest of the story, click here.
:::posted by Christopher on 3/23/2006 11:08:00 AM
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