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]
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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]
Why female empowerment doesn’t have to look like Beyonce
When an anorexic gazes at her bones in the mirror, all she sees is fat. Thinness is in the eye of the beholder, she says to herself, blinded to the objective measures to the contrary surrounding her. Dirty is in the eye of the beholder, too, say those glorying in… [more]
The Sessions and watching sex onscreen
Mark O’Brien is a poet and a journalist who is mostly confined to an iron lung. He has full sensation, but his muscles don't work. He lives a lot of his life inside his head out of necessity, but he wants to experience all of life. He is a devout… [more]
Lana Wachowski, transgender and stories we need to hear
“Here in the absence of words to defend myself, without examples, without models, I began to believe voices in my head - that I was a freak, that I am broken, that there is something wrong with me, that I will never be lovable.” Hearing those words from anyone ought… [more]
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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
Ben Kreis God created sex to be a part of a package that includes our mind, emotions and lives. When used by itself a person feels more disconnected and alone once the experience ends.
The Sessions and watching sex onscreen
C. E'Jon Moore If you have personally been unkind to anyone, an apology is legitimate. But, apologizing on behalf of church seems ineffective at best and woefully misguided at worst.
Apologizing to the LGBT community
Introvertible It would make life so much easier for the Christians in this country if they were pro-gay. But they can't be, not if they give more credence to God than to man.
What science cannot say about morality