Reading: Barker [Sex]

Sex. Now we're talking. Ah, but it's the feminism kind and not the "naughty" kind... you dirty dog, you. I've already wrote a bit about gender inclusive language in response to Harmony's post a couple of weeks back, but the subject bears repeating.

If within cultural studies, sex and gender are held to be social constructions intrinsically implicated in matters of representation, then it is possible the same gender exclusive language within many Christian church denominations have formed their beliefs from matters of culture rather than of of nature.

My beef with churches that exclude women from positions of leadership based on gender comes down to the simple concept of 'calling'. How can one person judge the call of a woman into ministry as not as authentic as the call of a man? Due to Scripture? But then one could also argue that that specific Scripture was meant for a specific context of who it was written for.

Basically, bottom line is that I admit I am a finite being that has limited capacity to judge another and their call into ministry. In other words, I got your back, women. You go, girl...s!