ARTICLE BY KARA ANGUS: God grants authority to humans through a blessing and a commission. There is a theme of mutuality, work and specific purpose granted to both. Being made in the image of God, imago Dei, is a call to action with value and purpose built into our very DNA.

STORY BY ELIZABETH STEWART: Hot tears burned my eyes. I pushed back from the fuzzysticky table and glared. “Let me be clear,” I growled. “I…will submit to no man.”