Cheryl Schatz

Yalo,

Good comments and welcome!  (I removed the duplicate comment that had formatting problems)

I don’t see any problem in making men welcome in the church, but I agree that we do not welcome them by forcing women to be silent or remove any sign of their feminine presence.

I believe that the offense is not the presence and work of women.  The offense comes from an ego that harbors prejudice.  I see no need to reward ego, pride or prejudice.  I believe that if we work hard to make church all about Jesus and much less about human personalities and their egos, we will put ourselves back in line to be the affirming and loving communities that we were intended to be.  The cry should always be Jesus first, not men first.