men and women

Yesterday, my husband not only washed a load of laundry, but he also folded said laundry and put it away.

The day before that, he helped me make cookies (and they fill my tummy with gastronomical joy! They are perfection molded in his hands).

He always leaves the toilet seat down.

Every day, he greets me with a wide grin when he comes home.

He tells me I am beautiful.

Eugene Peterson, best known for The Message, was a pastor for thirty years before becoming professor of spiritual theology at Regent. He's also written some excellent ministry books including my favorite, Under the Unpredictable Plant.  Some years back I interviewed him, and here's what he had to say on "the woman question."