The Office is well past its prime, but tonight’s series finale has longtime (and long-suffering) fans like me lamenting the end, even if the end may be a bit overdue. Although the show struggled in the wake of Steve Carell’s departure, this final season has been the best since Carell… [more]
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Admiration - and a word of caution - for Angelina Jolie
I thought I was long past being shocked by the beautiful Angelina Jolie. After all, the days of her showing up with vials of blood around her neck or making out with her brother on stage are long past. And certainly I’ve become used to her radical morph from femme… [more]
What Spring Breakers says about youth formation
At first glance, Spring Breakers looks like the ultimate Girls Gone Wild video, taken up several notches. Four women college students long for the tropical carousing of a Florida spring break. But they find themselves short of cash. Driven to desperation, their courage bolstered by cocaine, three of them (leaving… [more]
Steubenville and sexual shalom
I have a 6-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son. When I process current events, I often do so through the lens of the absolute joy and terror of raising children. In the past few weeks, my parenting angst has centered around sex and gender. Several weeks ago, Sarah Bessey's post… [more]
Why I still haven’t read Fifty Shades of Grey
So E.L. James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey, said to be one of the most poorly written and yet best-selling books of all time, is going to pen a writing guide. The literary community is understandably shocked (and horrified) at the idea. I confess to not being shocked. My… [more]
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TimF If I had my way, we'd skip Mother's Day and Father's Day mentions entirely at church; but if we must, the idea of saying Happy Mother's Day and then preaching the sermon the Lord gave you is the way to go.
Mother's Day sermons...ugh
KristyQ As someone who writes reviews for a living, it would be pretty easy to pass reading these books off as keeping up with the culture and knowing what people are talking about. But in this case, I just don't think it's worth it; I fear losing more than I would gain.
Why I still haven't read Fifty Shades of Grey
idle chatter People are not standard-issue. Physical variations are countless. To reduce the world to a binary system denies the complexity of God's creation. If we refuse to see ALL of what God has made, we are refusing to grapple with all that God has laid before us.
Lana Wachowski, transgender and stories we need to hear
Erica Schemper Sometimes we just get little glimpses of how God wants things to be in a cultural event. I got glimpses of that in Beyonce's performance, even if she could have covered up more of her body.
Why female empowerment doesn’t have to look like Beyonce
L Ann Jackson Roe v Wade is the wrong focus. Grace of salvation represented in the gospel is the only true answer.
Why Roe v. Wade needn't be a holy grail
Shannon C. I believe abortion should be illegal not because it will end abortion (I know it won’t) but because it is an act that victimizes another person.
Why Roe v. Wade needn't be a holy grail