Madre's Missives

"So what then would be the Gospel answer be to women's ordination? You can do it. In Christ there is neither male nor female."

Madre peeks her head out of her purple-festooned October blogservance of Domestic Violence Month.

Huh?

What in the world is THIS? Marie? Marva? Julie? Dot? No, Petersen.

To the question of whether women

I'm a woman who firmly believes that the backside of the entertainment center is a male domain. At least in every household I've lived in it is. Audio RF serial red yellow white input output video3...it's all just a dialect of Geekery* to me.  My eyes glaze over, I don't understand it, and I really, honestly don't CARE to either.  As long as the TV turns on when I hit the

I am reading Bobby Flay's Boy Gets Grill : 125 Reasons to Light Your Fire! Release Date: 18 May, 2004

I have been asked to give my take on this topic a a few times so here are my incomplete thoughts and conclusions.  Have at it!

The interesting thing about this 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 is that it s not primarily about wearing veils or hats.  In a sense, women have two heads, the one on top of their shoulders, and

I am reading The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (Classic Seuss) Release Date: 09 December, 1989

So I go visit the ELCA website to see what's going on in "Lutheran" land and run across an ad for The Cafe, the ELCA's new Women's E-Magazine.

Wow.  I don't even know where to begin.

For convenience, I'll start with the current issue.  There's a long, 3-page article on

I am reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel Release Date: 12 December, 2000

Over on the Higher Things forums, I've been asked to explain myself ;)

You know those tests school counselors make you take from time to time that supposedly help guide you into different careers?  EVERY single one I took, I got "Priest", "Rabbi", "Nun", "Pastor".  Once I got

I am watching Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Widescreen) Release Date: 14 September, 2004