tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post2788529516179165248..comments2023-08-16T03:41:06.575-04:00Comments on Seeking Authentic Voice: A First to LastTerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-14576052578840422682013-02-20T18:09:24.350-05:002013-02-20T18:09:24.350-05:00Thank you! This year is thirty years ordained for ...Thank you! This year is thirty years ordained for me. Watching my daughter (16) grow up in the church helps me see growth and grace and know hope for the future.Catharine Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-58109770477871542662013-02-20T08:29:58.959-05:002013-02-20T08:29:58.959-05:00Thank you. This is encouraging on many levels. I, ...Thank you. This is encouraging on many levels. I, too, have 2 masters degrees and am in vocational ministry (though as a chaplain, not a pastor at present). And i have also faced barriers because I have ovaries, not because I am not competent or called. Since we are raising 2 daughters, and since I started seminary when they were in upper elementary/middle school, they have watched me as I study, struggle, and have had to deal with sexism. I do have hope for my daughters and their peers, that people will indeed be in places of work and ministry based on their gifts, not their genes or gender. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your story! <3Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169805543154662247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2678482213828648107.post-63235723417058255842013-02-19T22:50:59.639-05:002013-02-19T22:50:59.639-05:00In a country with almost no women priests this rea...In a country with almost no women priests this reads as a hopeful dream for women in churches where while not forbidden are not encouraged into ministry. This is otherthan my own church which doesn't do women priests anywhere. Sometimes it is useful to see a bit deeper beyond the immediate issue and struggle by reading of someone else's experienceGayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05382575146394739428noreply@blogger.com