Alison

hmmm… methinks something is rotten here. Going “round and round over words” (as some comps are wont to do) doesn’t answer the fundamental question of why women “need” to have men “in authority” over them. I think, quite honestly, that the issue lies in a spirit of entitlement (my antispam word being “title”) that some men have. Didn’t Jesus say that we are to call no man “teacher” since we have one Teacher, the Son of Man? *If I butchered that Scripture, I apologize. Too long of a day and not enough caffeine.*

Yet we so stubbornly cling to “roles” and titles, thinking they give us security by making life predictable: if you’re A, you’re supposed to do B, if you’re B, you’re supposed to do C, etc. In that world, all the spontaneity and creativity can get sucked out in the name of security (for those who hold the power). I wonder how much of this submission and authority problem would be solved if we let go of human-constructed “roles” and simply let each person reveal the Image of God as he or she is uniquely given to do, without the constraints of titles and “roles”. Or is that too scary of a proposition?