inclusive language

Red Lip Theology: Candice Benbow’s love letter to Black women in the Black church

By Adelle M. Banks — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — Benbow says Black churches have tended to ‘center Black men and their truths and realities at the expense of women and girls.’

What’s in a name? Episcopalians move to change their words for God

By Eileen Flynn — July 10, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — The Episcopal General Convention, meeting in Texas since July 3, is discussing changes to the church's Book of Common Prayer aimed at stripping away some of the masculine descriptions of God in favor of more 'expansive' language.

The lists of things you should never say

By Rachel Marie Stone — August 8, 2014
Is it really admirable or edifying, though, to insist on lists of rules of what one must "never" say? Do these lists get at the heart of the matter -- that all of us, in our words, should strive to "speak unto others as we'd like them to speak to us?" Do these lists leave room for grace?
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