Small Mistake, Great Loss

Yesterday was Super Bowl XLVIII, which pitted the incredible offense of the Denver Broncos against the great defense of the Seattle Seahawks. As an armchair Broncos fan, I was excited to see how Peyton Manning and his receivers would handle the pressure of facing some elite defenders. I fully expected to watch Peyton masterfully lead his team down the field for a TD at least once or twice in this game. What I didn’t expect was what happened. A mistake in the first 12 seconds of the game, leading to the first of Seattle’s points for the game. It was a small mistake, an errant snap that skitted past Manning and into the Broncos own endzone where one of the Broncos players fell on it for a safety. I can’t embed the video, but you can view it here if you didn’t see the play. The mistake put Seattle up 2-0, not an insurmountable lead, but something else happened in that moment.

7 Mistakes the Church Makes In How It Views Women

Competitive skier Lindsay Vonn was recently interviewed by SELF Magazine for their latest issue (released on January 28, 2014). In that interview, Vonn spoke about her experience attending the Met Costume Gala in New York City. She spoke of many of the female celebrities in attendance at that gathering as being “skinny-fat” and that she wanted to feed them a cheeseburger. Vonn said, “It’s sexy and beautiful to be strong.”

This led me to think about how we view women and women’s bodies in America. And more specifically, it led me to ask the question, how does the church in America view women? And what mistakes do we make regarding how we view women in the church?