Lindsey,

I've actually put to this to rest.  My original intent was to respond with a different post, but I have never found the right words to address both what was on my heart, and the push back I received from the post.   This piece begins with the basic assumption that men are already in power in the church. The primary pushback was against that. It assumes men are in control. That's just a fact. It doesn't make it right.  And that was the risk of stating that fact.  It appeared that I was validating it, when I wasn't.  

And Provoketive as a medium is now retired. I'm okay with it.  I've been misunderstood many times before, and it won't be the last.