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Pop Quiz: Theology of C.S. Lewis or Dorothy Sayers?
When C S Lewis asks Dorothy Sayers to defend his position that women not preach, she says no. She explains that God empowers women and men.

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 6, 20214 min read
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Social Media update
It turns out that building your platform is almost as important and time consuming as writing your novel. While I enjoy writing and spend most of my time there, I am finding some rewards also in the marketing side. Here are my results 3 months after beginning to promote my writing via social media. Twitter 178 Followers Nov. 2, up from 115 Oct 2 Many of these new Followers were through involvement with the #WritingCommunity I also sometimes participate in #writerslift I li

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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Book Review: The Female Disciples of Jesus
Author: Paul De Marco Published: 2021 (first edition 2017) 123 pages Genre: Non-fiction, Catholic Saints There is very little online about the author, Paul De Marco. He describes himself on Amazon as having a science background an d a deep interest in Christianity. Amazon Blurb: The female disciples of Jesus have largely been forgotten by historians and yet they played a crucial role in establishing the early Church despite living in a patriarchal society which was oppres

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 1, 20213 min read
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Something Beautiful: Freedom
Freedom is something beautiful. If you think you enjoy your freedoms, you might appreciate how others need equal freedom of choice

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 30, 20213 min read
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Is the to Call Love One Another a Call for Equality?
Love one another, serve one another, teach one another', are all calling for mutual respect and gender equality.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 29, 20216 min read
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Where Does the Bible say Women are Equal to Men?
Check these Bible references endorsing full equal freedoms regardless of gender. Egalitarian Christians encourage mutuality amog believers.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 27, 20216 min read
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Art of Mary of Clopas in Emmaus
Clopas may have been with his wife when the risen Jesus appeared to them on the road to Emmaus. Art impacts our view of who was with Clopas.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 27, 20214 min read
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Mary of Clopas: The Other Disciple on the Road
Was Mary of Clopas the other disciple with Clopas on the road to Emmaus, one of the first witnesses to the risen Jesus? Does art inform us?

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 21, 20215 min read
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History: Racist Church Histories as Different as Black and White
Christian history shows Racism; Historic records are as different as black and white.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 15, 20214 min read
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Gatekeepers vs. Freedom (3)
Let's look at Gatekeepers vs freedom; how gatekeepers assume authority that limits the freedom and authority of others.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 15, 20216 min read
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Gatekeepers in Churches (2)
Some gatekeepers in churches stop women in ministry; other men facilitate and actively open the way for woman leaders.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 14, 20217 min read
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Do we need a Gatekeeper? (1)
What is a gatekeeper? Who is the gate? Who opens the gate and who closes it?

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 13, 20214 min read
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Racism in Christian Churches?
White Evangelical Racism by Anthea Butler

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 11, 20213 min read
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Book Review: Deafening
Even if you cannot hear with your ears, you can hear the message of hope in the face of trials! The sounds of war can be deafening, but...

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 10, 20212 min read
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More Editing Progress!
How to make editing progress in three ways: structural editing, copy editing, and proofreading.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 8, 20215 min read
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Can Lay Women Preach?
A personal example of an unordained laywoman preaching

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 6, 20213 min read
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The Christian Church is a Vine with Many Branches
The Christian church is a vine with many branches: contrast Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant (free download)

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 5, 20216 min read
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A Reformation a hundred years before Martin Luther
Find out about the Bohemian Reformation in the 14th century, a hundred years before Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 4, 20214 min read
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Is the Trinity Egalitarian or Complementarian?
Holy Trinity as three equal persons vs Jesus as being eternally subordinate. How a hierarchal view of the Trinity subordinates women.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 2, 20217 min read
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Waves of Feminism Ebb and Flow
Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. It is not new.

Elaine R Kelly
Oct 1, 20216 min read
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Event Review: When Women Speak #WhenSheSpeaks
I am reflecting on the September 27th online event "When Women Speak: A conversation with Anthea Butler, Kristin Kobes Du Mez and Beth Allison Barr, moderated by Melissa Borja. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from Christian women who have researched and written extensively on topics that affect women's roles in marriages, churches, and society. Their non-fiction research applies to my fiction novel, Forgotten Followers: from Broken to Bold. My novel shows

Elaine R Kelly
Sep 28, 20215 min read
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