Today a woman was excommunicated by/from the Mormon church because of her advocation for the ordination of women.
This week the clergy of the church that I loved and worked for for many years, and finally chose to leave in order to pursue my calling to ordained ministry, meets and is discussing ordination and gender roles.
At the end of next week I will be ordained into the clergy of the Swedenborgian Church of North America.
These three events are connecting in my thoughts and feelings today and lead me to say:
May women be honored as the whole and created-by-God humans that we are–everywhere, and particularly in our churches and communities of faith.