The 5 Things I Never Want to Hear at Church Again
5. “The Bible, says it, I believe it, that settles it.” Well, gee. That’s very humble of you. The problem with this one is, which interpretation? I recently had someone tell me the Bible is “clear”...
View ArticleThe Very Best Wifey in the World
Yesterday in church, our pastor read this to us: The Good Wife’s GuideImage collected from http://j-walk.com/other/goodwife/images/goodwifeguide.gif The text reads: Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even...
View ArticleWhy I’m not a fundamentalist
There is a somewhat negative connotation to the word “fundamentalist” (in my opinion, with good reason and a measure of accuracy). But the kind of black-and-white thinking associated with...
View ArticleNotable News, week of July 7-13, 2012
Ah, it’s good to be back. I have read a whole boatload of fantastic blog posts this week. It was hard to pick my favorites! So here we go, in no particular order: 1. Christian Piatt gives us the...
View ArticleYou are loved
In case anyone missed it, many of us have been participating in an ongoing conversation about sexuality and sexual ethics. There have been so many brave people sharing their stories with honesty and...
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At church on Sunday, in her sermon, our pastor mentioned some key differences between evangelical and mainline/liturgical faith practice. There were several, including believer’s baptism and the...
View ArticlePeople are not broken
I was on vacation last week, so I didn’t blog until Friday. I missed jumping on the train with the rest of the people who responded to Steve McCoy’s tweet about teaching our children they are “deeply...
View ArticleFYI (if you’re a mom of teenage boys)
Dear moms, I have some information that might interest you. Last night, as I sometimes do, I sat on my couch and looked at social media on my phone. I’ve been on vacation, so naturally there are quite...
View Article6 reasons not to waste your money…
…because your daughter is just going to stay home and have babies anyway. Last week, several friends were kind enough to bring to my attention this awful piece on why parents shouldn’t send their...
View ArticleA little more on evangelism
I made a commitment to a friend that I would post a bit more on this subject just to clarify a few things. My apologies to people who consider themselves evangelical who thought perhaps I was trashing...
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