I’ve been hearing about these “two extremes” in the Church of the Brethren (CoB) recently. I have two responses: 1) I reject this assertion, and 2) I celebrate the extreme I am told I inhabit. First, I contest the assertion that there are two equal or similar extremes within the CoB. Sure, there are people [...]
Filed under: conferences on July 19th, 2011 by Anna Lisa | 2 Comments »
The Progressive Brethren gathering was full of wonderful people with deep passion and faith. It also perpetuated some damaging sexist principles. Who would have thought that God would be referred to as male 3 times in the first two sessions of the summit? Who would have thought that pastors would be referred to with male [...]
Filed under: conferences on November 18th, 2008 by Anna Lisa | 2 Comments »
My thoughts on the Church of the Brethren National Young Adult Conference come mostly from my attempts to organize to bring a recognized lgbtqa presence to NYAC. Since the last week of January, I have been organizing with other young adults who identify with the Church of the Brethren (CoB) in an attempt to bring [...]
Filed under: conferences on August 19th, 2008 by maggiehope | 3 Comments »
The Church of the Brethren‘s National Young Adult Conference (NYAC) was a disappointingly realistic example of slow social change. Mirroring the denomination itself, NYAC attenders represented a wide range of social, theological and political positions. And like the denomination itself, leadership refused to take an official stand on controversial matters. This refusal often comes from [...]
Filed under: conferences on August 18th, 2008 by Anna Lisa | 5 Comments »
Over 120 Indiana bloggers gathered yesterday and today in Indianapolis, sharing ideas, support and enthusiasm for social media. Since this site is a blog (a website with regularly updated text in reverse chronological order), I’m at the conference! There are about 40 women here, as far as I can estimate (conference organizers, please chime with [...]
Filed under: conferences on August 17th, 2008 by Anna Lisa | 6 Comments »
What we see on TV becomes normalized. This is troubling when TV is full of violence, sex, violent sex, alcohol (most common beverage seen on TV), etc. Men are seen on TV more than women, and sexualized women are seen more than sexualized men. The Geena Davis Institute on Media held a conference recently that [...]
Filed under: articles, conferences on April 8th, 2008 by Anna Lisa | 3 Comments »