[Vision2020] What if Christ Church was run by women?

Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:11:02 -0800

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You don't have to be loud to be effective (obviously)
  -----Original Message-----
  From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of DonaldH675@aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:48 AM
  To: vision2020@moscow.com
  Subject: [Vision2020] What if Christ Church was run by women?

  The kindest and most hospitable plan to emanate from Christ Church in
months comes, not surprisingly, from a woman.  Although I recognize that the
last thing most of the ladies of Christ Church would want is me as their
champion, I thank Beverlee Atwood and the other women of Christ Church for
being willing to stand in the cold and offer warm drinks and gentle
conversation to the community.  Biblically speaking, they illustrate why,
following the Resurrection, Christ did not appear to the male apostles
first, but instead to the faithful women who were neither faint of heart nor
overbearing loud mouths.  It is to the shame and detriment of that male
dominated faith community that the role of women is left to baking cookies
and trying to repair the damage done by their chauvinistic leadership.  I
look forward to the day when the women of Christ Church will claim a public
voice, and be counted as fully adult, autonomous members in their own right,
and by extension our secular community.

  Rose Huskey

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