This piece was originally published in the May edition of The Savannah Post, a monthly piece of mail sent to readers all over. To learn more or sign up, please visit this website. There is an old saying, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” I find that very hard to accomplish. I often find it muchContinue reading “All the Small Things”
Category Archives: FUNDAMENTALS (comic strip)
Feb 28
In the last strip on the month we see Jimothy touting an old argument which holds that since men were created first, they are more important than women. Beth shows how the logic doesn’t really hold up if you carry it through the rest of the creation narrative. The creation narrative of Genesis 1 hasContinue reading “Feb 28”
Feb 27
When we don’t even consider hiring men for positions we’d prefer to fill with women because a man would find it demeaning, all we have to do is take a small step back to see how low of a view of women we have. Jimothy’s argument here is that a man would be insulted byContinue reading “Feb 27”
Feb 26
So much of the reality we live in is culturally constructed. Simply, things are the way they are because we have decided to make them so. In Communication as Culture, James Carey says it this way. “Reality is not given, not humanly existent, independent of language and toward which language stands as a pale refraction.Continue reading “Feb 26”
Feb 25
“The best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the “more emotional gender” … because they’ve successfully rebranded anger as not an emotion” – Claire Willett Jimothy here reiterates the old argument some folks like to level – women are too emotional to be trusted with leadership. I, like dearContinue reading “Feb 25”
Feb 24
While single men are empowered and encouraged to build a career or get an education or start a business or get a job and move up the chain, single women are stuck in limbo. The ultimate (even if unspoken) goal is marriage, but while they wait for a man to approach them, they have toContinue reading “Feb 24”
Feb 23
Jimothy’s answer suggests a sharp divide between the culture and way of living inside the church and out there in the world. I think we do well to seriously consider the implications of such an understanding of the kingdom of God. If the kingdom and its ways are only applicable inside the walls of theContinue reading “Feb 23”
Feb 22
We can chuckle, but we must admire Jimothy for his honesty in the third frame. If he is so much as alone for a few minutes with a woman, he has no confidence his purity will survive the encounter. This is familiar talk given to young men in many churches. Consider the view of womenContinue reading “Feb 22”
Feb 21
In order to keep women from any positions of authority of leadership it’s necessary to say that anytime a woman senses a call to these positions, she has heard wrong or that she didn’t hear from God. Conversely, when men demonstrate an ability to lead or if they sense they are gifted in leadership, theyContinue reading “Feb 21”
Feb 20
The logic of being completely different and kept apart (while still being “equal”) was employed during the Jim Crow era to keep black children out of all white schools. Eventually, even white people realized how ridiculous this logic was and were forced to integrate. This same kind of logic is employed in churches where men’sContinue reading “Feb 20”
javen.bear. 