“Marriage was explained to me as a bargain—be good, be quiet, be grateful. Then I saw what it would cost my face.” Coming Of AgePatriarchyLiterary FictionSocial InjusticeCultural ExpectationsFemale IdentityHidden ViolenceLoss Of AutonomyMarriage And ControlWomen S Experience Book:Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire Source: Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire
“Does the gospel only offer a guarded, small message for women? Or does the gospel overturn the culture's small, diminishing, and often degrading message for women with a clarion call to live within the boundless parameters Jesus defines -- to "love the Lord your God will all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength" (Mark 12:30)? Who tells us who we are? Who alone has the right to define our worth? Are we at the mercy of gender, culture, circumstances, and fear? Or is there a Voice that trumps all others to give us an indestructible identity and rich, durable kingdom purposes for our lives?” God S Message For WomenFemale Identity Book:Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women Source: Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women