Amen, brother!!! !00% agree with your stance. And people just need to stop looking at, listening to, or caring, what the "rich & famous" say, do, or wear. Seriously, who even cares?! LOL
I wish this message had been the prevailing theme of growing up Christian instead of the self-conscious shaming surrounding purity culture. Thank you for speaking so clearly and unapologetically on the topic.
Equally, we must be mindful to not shame women who want to speak (verbally or non-verbally) their truth of how the God of their understanding has convicted them on how they should represent themselves. Even if that representation includes respect for a spouse. I appreciate you revisiting this topic.
I sometimes wonder also, if there is not a cultural denial still subtly being endorsed that "men" are the only ones God communicates His Wisdom and Direction to. It seems that unless it is culturally and politically endorsed, women's voices and ability to make their own choices (still) does not carry weight. Old battle, new day!
Well…thanks for the courage to go where angels fear to tread. It seems common sense to cover up but anthropology informs us the problem is the human “mind”. And mindfulness being the default, respectfulness as an adjunct is more inline with the teachings of Christ - leave her alone/quit the agitating.
When I moved up to Massachusetts from New York, where I was working in Country Life Restaurant, where all of us women wore dresses or skirts below the knees and sleeves at least to the elbows, I decided that I was going to wear pants sometimes, at least when skiing or skating. Well, I was told that a family that wanted their girls to wear Country Life clothes, and also moved to the area, told the girls that they wouldn’t be the only ones wearing dresses or skirts at the skating pond, Kristin would be there! And there I was with my snow pants minus the dress or skirt! I felt bad when I heard that story. I hate to disappoint people, but I do agree that we shouldn’t tell women what to wear. It puts too much emphasis on the outward, about which the Bible does have something to say: “Do not let your adornment be outward…rather let it be the hidden person of the heart…” 1 Peter 3:3,4.
Amen, brother!!! !00% agree with your stance. And people just need to stop looking at, listening to, or caring, what the "rich & famous" say, do, or wear. Seriously, who even cares?! LOL
I wish this message had been the prevailing theme of growing up Christian instead of the self-conscious shaming surrounding purity culture. Thank you for speaking so clearly and unapologetically on the topic.
Purity culture remnants? As men we need to reject the norm that we are lust waiting to happen.
Equally, we must be mindful to not shame women who want to speak (verbally or non-verbally) their truth of how the God of their understanding has convicted them on how they should represent themselves. Even if that representation includes respect for a spouse. I appreciate you revisiting this topic.
I sometimes wonder also, if there is not a cultural denial still subtly being endorsed that "men" are the only ones God communicates His Wisdom and Direction to. It seems that unless it is culturally and politically endorsed, women's voices and ability to make their own choices (still) does not carry weight. Old battle, new day!
Thank you for these reflections, Judi!
Well…thanks for the courage to go where angels fear to tread. It seems common sense to cover up but anthropology informs us the problem is the human “mind”. And mindfulness being the default, respectfulness as an adjunct is more inline with the teachings of Christ - leave her alone/quit the agitating.
When I moved up to Massachusetts from New York, where I was working in Country Life Restaurant, where all of us women wore dresses or skirts below the knees and sleeves at least to the elbows, I decided that I was going to wear pants sometimes, at least when skiing or skating. Well, I was told that a family that wanted their girls to wear Country Life clothes, and also moved to the area, told the girls that they wouldn’t be the only ones wearing dresses or skirts at the skating pond, Kristin would be there! And there I was with my snow pants minus the dress or skirt! I felt bad when I heard that story. I hate to disappoint people, but I do agree that we shouldn’t tell women what to wear. It puts too much emphasis on the outward, about which the Bible does have something to say: “Do not let your adornment be outward…rather let it be the hidden person of the heart…” 1 Peter 3:3,4.
Thanks for sharing, Kristin! There's a lot to think about there!