I have a new friend. Her name is Kate. She found my blog and has been following my written life since Gideon’s birth and she doesn't even know me. Wow. She’s even more faithful than my own parents! They only check the blog when I tell them there are new pictures up of the babies. Kate, blessings on you. Feel free to write in anytime. I’m always up for being challenged, corrected, rebuked, or exhorted!
This new lady friend is military. You know I love the military, the Army especially. Dad is a retired Chaplain (Colonel) and Alpha 1 brother, Aaron, served for 3 or 4 years, Elliott is an Army Surgeon (Orthopaedic) and Austin is just beginning his lifelong career as a Chaplain. GO ARMY! Elliott and Austin are both preparing to head over to Iraq, probably within the next 6 months or so. I know their wives and the rest of my family would definitely appreciate prayers regarding the safety of their lives as well as the impact they will have on the soldiers around them.
Now, my newest friend gave me a challenge on the last blog. She asked the following, which sparked a very interesting conversation between my husband and myself. She asked this: “Since God created the church and the household to have a man "Head" do you think the same goes for country?? What are your thoughts on possibly having a woman head of the country?”
I admit I am not 100% sure of my convictions at this point, which is why I write. It helps me sort through things. Jeff, as usual made me think of the subject in a fairly new light….but I promise to post soon the collection of thoughts I do have on the subject, the great arguments he made for/against…and I encourage everyone to jump on board and let’s figure this thing out together.
It may be next week before I get to it. Between sick and incredibly cranky, teething children, preparation for class at church, and my baby brother coming to visit before he heads over to China for the next few years, my blog life will have to take a breather and simply soak in its new look. I admit. I saw a few other cool blogs that made me think it was time to update, and though I used to do web design, my skills, never great, are pretty pitiful these days. That plus laziness encouraged me to use a site that already did the hard work for me. Thanks Carleigh, for the heads up.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
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Hey Audrea,
I've been thinking about this quite a bit recently with the whole Clinton and now Palin thing. To me, I think it is pretty clear that the directions in Scripture concerning women and headship are applied to church and family. For example, 1 Timothy 2 is written to the church, as is 1 Corinthians. Other similar directives are made in the context of marriage. There is no mention of government in these sorts of passages. And Judges gives us a good example of female leadership with Deborah. I don't want to push Scripture farther than it places itself and I don't want to be legalistic about things, so I think women have freedom to pursue most any area of service outside of the home and church. We seem to feel that way in our seminaries where we allow women to teach administrative course and be associate deans over programs, etc.
Anywho, there's an article about it on http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=28848 that could help your discussion.
Miss ya!
Oh, btw, we're taking a college and career retreat this weekend to Camp Eagle (somewhere SW of San Antonio, I think) about 5 hours from here. Pray that we have a safe trip and a good time. We excited. We were going to have about 8 people going but now it looks like just the following are going (but I still think we'll have a great time): Me, Kyle, Stacy, John, Kelly, and Katie. Those crazy Butler girls are a riot, especially Katie. Stacy's become a great friend in the last year or so. And John is one of a kind. :)
Hope you four are doing well! Oh...did I tell you I might be switching to the MACE? We can talk about it sometime if I haven't already told you. Love ya!
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