Don’t hide! Do women need to talk about theology more?

In my day-to-day interactions, it is rare to find women discussing theology, ecclesiology, the state of the current evangelical church, missions, or really anything vital to the well-being of the church.

Our conversations revolve mainly around two subjects: our children – how we will educate them, what they are eating, if they are sleeping, and our husbands and their jobs. If we are in a close and healthy group, we may intermittently discuss our walk with Christ, spiritual growth, or struggles. But, at least in my experience, those are few – and even in them, true theological discussions are highly uncommon.

As I meditated on this, I began to wonder why women don’t discuss theology and theological questions. Why do we seem happy to only skim the surface of each other’s lives? Why are we not concerned about the state of the church? Why are most women in the complementarian, Reformed community today uninterested in theology?