Years ago, in a galaxy far away, I directed the choir for a tiny Hawaiian United Church of Christ congregation. We shared our building with a Lutheran congregation that was comprised mainly of fairly stodgy retired folks from Minnesota. The clergyperson who pastored our congregation was a progressive sort of guy. During a sermon he preached to the combined congregations at one Easter sunrise service, he said, "My wife believes that the second coming of Christ is going to be the liberation of women, and I agree with her." It was the biggest collective jaw-drop I think I've ever seen.

I loved that guy.