Womanhood
Where are the Young Men?
A visit to your local college or university campus is likely to reveal that a revolution has taken place. On many campuses, young women now outnumber young men, and a gender gap of momentous importance is staring us in the face.
10Feb2010 | Guest Author | 2 comments | Continued
Betty Boop Man-Training Kit
With capital letters and an exclamation mark, Betty Boop’s modern Man-Training Kit encourages women to “WHIP HIM GOOD!” — The innocent looking big-eyed Betty Boop doll sports a formidable black whip in her hand for that very purpose.
27Jan2010 | Mary Kassian | 3 comments | Continued
Different by Design
I awoke to a spectacular view outside my window this morning. The snow that fell overnight was the coarse, fluffy kind. The soft flakes covered everything with a layer of Narnia-like magic that the best potato flake Hollywood scene couldn’t even begin to mimic.
Did you know that scientists have developed an entire classification system for [...]
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #20: Teachability
We’ve come to the end of the story, and to the last point of contrast between the wild and the wise. The simple young man who lacked sense and the wily seductress who caused his downfall are examples of two individuals who failed to walk in the way of wisdom. The Sage urged his son to pay close attention to their mistakes, so that he might learn from them. That’s why he told the story. And that’s why he wrote his book.
2Dec2009 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #19: Sustainability
Have you noticed how prevalent disrespect toward men has become? In the sixties, women complained that men victimized and disrespected them. Now the tables have turned. Our sons, husbands, fathers, and men-friends are subjected to malicious jokes and attitudes that wouldn’t be tolerated toward any other group. Women portray them asselfish, lazy, inconsiderate, hormone-crazed buffoons. They gleefully slander and tear them down simply because they are male.
1Dec2009 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #18: Influence
I’m amazed at the number of women that think they are immune to the power of negative influence. They think they’re strong enough, and that they’ve walked with the Lord long enough, to be above the threat. So they start taking foolish risks in relationships. They let down their defenses, transgress boundaries, crash and burn-and then wonder how it happened to them.
20Nov2009 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #17: Speech
We’ve all heard the old saying, “flattery will get you nowhere.” But the truth is, flattery works, and works remarkably well. Call it what you will-apple-polishing, boot-licking, back-scratching, soft-soaping, currying favor, toadying, candy-talking, buttering-up, kissing-up, managing up, or a host of other more crass terms -smooth talk can and often does pay off. In the hands of someone who knows how to use it, it can be a dangerous manipulative weapon.
19Nov2009 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Leading in the Moment
Here is my speaking outline for my keynote for this afternoon’s LifeWay National Women’s Leadership Forum. You can also scroll down to the bottom of the post and download it in a pdf file. There are over 600 women’s ministry leaders at the forum this year… enough to start a revolution.
MOMENTum. . . Leading in the [...]
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #16: Reliability
The covenant-keeping nature of God is the foundation for faithfulness within human relationships. His faithfulness places a responsibility for faithfulness on our shoulders. He expects us to keep faith with Him, with our spouses, and with other people. He wants us to be as reliable to our commitments as He is to His.
9Nov2009 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #15: Entitlement
Last year, an Eritrean Christian woman, Azieb Simon, died of malaria in the Wi’a Military Training Center after being imprisoned and tortured for months. In Saudi Arabia, a member of the religious police cut his college daughter’s tongue off and burned her to death for converting Christianity. A 20-year-old Christian Pakistani woman, Sandul, falsely accused of ripping pages from the Quran, was thrown into jail after an angry mob from the local mosque threw stones and set fire to her home.
7Nov2009 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #14: Possessions
“‘Smart Girls Get More” is a wildly successful ad campaign that promotes the United Kingdom’s best-selling young women’s magazine, “More.”It inundates British women with the idea that if they are smart, they will get more-more men, more sex, more celebrity gossip, more beauty, more fashion, more products, and, of course, more of the magazine that supplies all the latest and greatest information on these pleasures. “Cuz Smart Girls Get More!”
6Nov2009 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #13: Neediness
“CGS?” I asked, alarmed, “What’s CGS?” It sounded like a terrible communicable disease. I had visions of their friend lying quarantined in a hospital room, hooked up to a respirator, with tubes sticking out from all over his body, surrounded by masked doctors and nurses talking in hushed tones.
4Nov2009 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Curse of the Good Girl
The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment
Authentic Beauty
Girls Gone Skank
Thrill of the Chaste
Re-imagining God in the Shack
