By Dr. Laurel Shaler After accepting a faculty position at a large evangelical Christian institution, I quickly began to see the tremendous benefit of integration. As time passed, I realized that my students—and the program I was helping to administrate—would be better served if I had more in-depth theological knowledge. While I had accepted Jesus
By Dr. Laurel Shaler A lot has changed since the days of Hagar. While on the surface we seemingly have nothing in common with this Egyptian handmaid first named in Genesis 16, we’re more alike than we are different. We all struggle and, more importantly, we are all seen by God. Backing up a bit
By Dr. Laurel Shaler Women can be mothers without having given birth to children. Women can be like mothers without having given birth to those whose lives they influenced as one. This is a story about not only one, but two, mother figures I’ve had in my life. The really neat part is that they
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By Dr. Laurel Shaler Take yourself out of the modern day, “Who runs the world? Girls.”1 gender equality mindset, and reflect on the fact that almost 2,000 years ago, the Savior of the World chose to reveal his resurrected self first to women. And not for nothing, but Mary Magdalene was a former demon-possessed gal. But
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