Abstract
This essay celebrates the fortieth anniversary of women's ordination in the Church of Scotland as an occasion to consider the tension between proclamation and practice. Starting with stories of women's ministry as illustrative, it then explores a case within this case—self-sacrifice in women's lives. This examination reveals how deeply embedded Christian theology is within common life. To make changes in the family (e.g., share care of children) or congregation (e.g., include women in leadership) involves one immediately in the thicket of Christian doctrine. The essay concludes by arguing that dealing with this slippage between preaching and practice or word and deed lies at the heart of practical theology.
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