Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fearless book urges today's church to move beyond man-made restrictions and fully welcome women's diverse voices and experiences.
A freedom song for the church.
Sarah Bessey didn't ask for Jesus to come in and mess up all her ideas about a woman's place in the world and in the church. But patriarchy, she came to learn, was not God's dream for humanity.
Bessey engages critically with Scripture in this gentle and provocative love letter to the Church. Written with poetic rhythm, a prophetic voice, and a deeply biblical foundation, this loving yet fearless book urges today's church to move beyond man-made restrictions and fully welcome women's diverse voices and experiences.
It's at once a call to find freedom in the fullness, hope, glory, and work of Christ, and a very personal and moving story of how Jesus made a feminist out of her.
I expected something more substantial. This was very "feminism light" and cishet/gender binary focused. There were MANY places where she makes great points that could embrace LGBTQ folks, but *every*single*time* she neglected to extend her language to cover the community. It ended up feeling exclusive. I also didn't click with the evangelical tone and toward the end, overly emotive Christianese. By the last two chapters, I couldn't wait for it to end.
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