When I started this blog in 2012 as "Journey to Biblical Womanhood," I originally planned on processing conversations from a Bible study group I led in college. We studied women in the Bible, read articles and books from prominent women in the contemporary Church—Elizabeth Elliot, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Mary Kassian, etc.—and studied diligently to find out how we could become biblical women. At the time, it seemed fruitful. At the time, it was genuine and needed.

However, these days I look back and wonder how I was stewarding the Gospel message and if we were truly being biblical, and not cultural, about biblical womanhood.

Recently, I've revisited the idea of biblical womanhood and what the Bible really says about gender, gender roles, traditions, and the Bible. How does the Bible really differentiate the genders, beyond anatomy? Has much of what we are taught in evangelical spaces about biblical manhood or womanhood been deeply rooted in cultural and social constructs? And what is the context or lens for these social and cultural constructs?

In short, it seemed that much of what I learned about biblical womanhood was actually through the lens of an American nationalist, White, middle class, conservative lens, and far from the truth of scripture.

I'm using these next few weeks and months to reflect over old blog posts, examine how I've changed, and keep pressing forward toward the same goal—reflecting the image of God. I set an intention a couple years ago to not let white evangelicalism or feminism keep me from seeking Christ. I will not do this perfectly, nor do I plan on trying. I also don’t want to move forward bitterly. As much as the past few years within the church and social justice movements have left me burned, I still have hope and purpose. And I know I’m still called to speak on matters of the Gospel, justice, liberation, and artistic expression.

It's easy for me to delete posts that I no longer like or agree with, and clean up my website. Some of these posts are cringe-worthy! But it's helpful to examine why I believed what I believed, whether I still hold any of these beliefs, and how my ideas have changed over the years.

I hope you'll continue this journey with me.

(still) In Christ,
LC