Editor's note: Agendas Aside, a Think Christian series on homosexuality and the church, also includes pieces by Neil de Koning, Joshua Walters, and Jason E. Summers. I was raised in a Christ-centered home where my family looked to our Lutheran congregation for community and guidance. My high school was Reformed…  [more]

Years ago I had a family law case in my courtroom where the mother and father, never married, were arguing over who would be the better parent for their son to live with. Actually, only the mother was arguing for custody; the father hadn’t bothered to show up. I’d read…  [more]

Editor's note: Agendas Aside, a Think Christian series on homosexuality and the church, also includes articles by Neil de Koning, Glenn Goodfellow and Jason E. Summers. Allow me to show my cards from the outset: I am Christian, heterosexual and I won't be taking an explicit side on the issue…  [more]

Editor's note: Agendas Aside, a Think Christian series on homosexuality and the church, also includes articles by Joshua Walters, Glenn Goodfellow and Jason E. Summers. How should Christians respond to April 20’s Day of Silence, a student-led national event that brings attention to the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay,…  [more]

A couple of celebrity bits that sparked all sorts of “ewwww-ing” and “aaaaahhhh-ing” across the Interwebs last week left me uncharacteristically nonplussed and nonjudgmental. While Alicia Silverstone’s video showing her pre-chewing and feeding her 11-month-old son a la a mama robin outraged dentists and others who were worried about passing…  [more]