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Liz Cooledge Jenkins

Liz Cooledge Jenkins is a Seattle-based minister and author of Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism.

Sunday’s Coming

Could Reuben have done more for Joseph? (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)

Advocacy is costly.
In the Lectionary

August 9, Ordinary 19A (Genesis 37:1–4, 12–28)

How did Joseph’s brothers get from sibling rivalry to a murder plot?
Sunday’s Coming

Changed by struggle (Genesis 32:22-31)

The challenges we face might not be ordained by God, but they can teach us things.
In the Lectionary

August 2, Ordinary 18A (Genesis 32:22–31)

Those of us who wrestle with God have no guarantee that things will turn out well.
Features

Reconstructing in the pews

Some exvangelicals are looking for a new church home. Will they find it in a mainline congregation?
Sunday’s Coming

The Psalm 19 test (Psalm 19)

How do we wade through the vast morass of different teachings and beliefs about the God of the Bible?
In the Lectionary

October 8, Ordinary 27A (Exodus 20:1–4, 7–9, 12–20)

In an uncertain, murky time, God gives the people a gift: ten laws.
Sunday’s Coming

Of the same mind? (Philippians 2:1-13)

Are there healthy, non-authoritarian ways to approach Paul’s call to like-mindedness?
In the Lectionary

October 1, Ordinary 26A (Philippians 2:1-13)

Paul’s words about humility should be handled with care.

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