New Book - Beyond Gender: An Essay with Sermons on Women

I finally finished publishing Beyond Gender: An Essay with Sermons on Women. This is an essay (a.k.a. graduate paper) I wrote way back in 1995 on women in ministry. This book has literally been two decades in the making. That sure sounds old, but it's my story and I'm sticking to it. This essay was an incredibly important journey for me. I was a young woman with a call to preach not knowing which way to turn. Now after twenty years, I find that those early discoveries of other women in ministry are still just as important.  Hopefully they will be for some readers out there as well.

Here's a brief description of a far more recent bit of research found in the book celebrating the life and call of a women named Deborah.  You can find this sermon/essay in Beyond Gender.

Remarkably, I discovered that I had not yet preached or written on Deborah, a prophetess, leader and judge in Israel. This rather shocked me because her life and example have fed so much of my own strength and courage over the years. So, I recently wrote a piece on this remarkable woman and have included it in this portion of the book.  I hope that, in some small way, looking closely at her will help others as God has helped me through her example and life.

I invite you to read Beyond Gender if freedom in ministry is what you seek.

The paperback version should be available in the next couple of weeks at Lulu.com and other fine retailers.

May God bless and help all of his men and women called into and working in His great Kingdom!

M.R. Hyde  

And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit
on all people.
Your sons and daughters
will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
Even on my servants,
both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit
in those days.

~ Joel 2:28-29