To be honest, I've been overwhelmed with the response to the blog on women in ministry. Now, it's not like I have 100 comments or something of the like. But in comparison to the four over all the other posts in the last year, 3 comments is substantial. It's left me thinking a lot about the reality that the church is not only behind the rest of our country (and world), but also sometime fearful or unwilling to really engage in a needed dialogue about a number of issues. Of course probably the most impacting for my personal life right now has got to be women in ministry. I still wonder what the heck I am doing some days, and I have come to the clear realization that this question is in major part resulting from a fear of the other. I know I have a call. I trust that call. I run from it often, but I know that it's there.

On the other hand, I do not think other agree, believe, trust or like that notions. It's just the world in which I live. So if there's one thing that I feel responsible to do, it's encourage the engagement of other in some fashion of a dialogue. Which is why, when a good friend of mine at Fuller told me her friend has started a new blog on women in ministry, I realized this blog is something i frankly cannot ignore, or neglect to pass on to others. And so, here I am encouraging you to read when you have time this blog.