women, church and letters cont.

So I got a reply. At last. You know I hate to admit that I would think something like this, but when I first read the response I felt like my email had been sent to a Moore college student and they had written a response for her and then sent it on to me. How horrible of me is that!!? The problem with these emails that we spend a lot of time deliberating on is that we work them so to death that they no longer contain any of our own voice because we are trying so hard to sound official in our opinion.
Anyway. This will be the last of the disscussion (mostly because I'm over it and I feel it has reached it's end), but I didn't want to deprive the blogesphere of the wrap up so here it is:

women, church & letters...

So for the first time in a long time I've been doing some proper thinking. And it was all sparked by a little innocent podcast I enjoyed and sent out to some friends who I thought it may interest. This one: NT Pod It's No. 12. All about Junia...

A friend at my church sent me a reply with a link to this: Matthias Media

The email disscusion this sparked made me look properly at what I believe and what my current faith looks like. I thought I'd pop it down here for... well posterity and interest...

Before we begin you should know I am pro women being leaders and preachers (The Sydney Anglican Diocese isn't), my friend is quite a fundamentalist and against women being preachers/ leaders (except to other women and children).
Anyway here is a de-personalised version of the disscusion:
(warning it's long!!)