I’ve been friends with her for years. She had stopped going to church when we met, but now she was thinking of going to “big” church again, this Sunday. Big...
Marriage as a “Couple” Discriminates Against Bisexuality (You Biaphobes!)+
[Editor's note: The astute reader will pick up on the implications of this article. The casual reader may be tempted to believe Prof. Everett is promoting bisexual marriage. Pause and...
Is the Death Penalty Just?+
Genesis 9:6- “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.” Abolishing the Death Penalty for heinous crimes seems to be...
When a complementarian marries an egalitarian+
When Glenn and I got married a dozen years ago, like any other bride and groom, we brought expectations into the marriage — spoken and unspoken, conscious and unconscious. Some...
Gender Division Divides the Church+
You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God people from every tribe and language...
Does God call some to childlessness?+
In the August 2012 edition of Vogue, Pamela Paul wrote an article on a woman’s choice to never become pregnant. She tells the story of a young woman who, from...
In Defense of the ‘Good’ Girl+
Women used to encounter shame if they went to work. Now there’s shaming if they don’t. I am a year out of college and in the...
Can I Be Pretty?+
Since I was first pregnant and learned I was going to have a girl, I could feel in my bones the question she would one...
The Problem with Prayer+
Just before her 15-year-old son was shot and killed not far from the Obama’s ‘Tony’ home in Chicago, Timika Ruteledge-German prayed for her youngest child....
A Relationship Worth Recording+
My childhood was spent designing spaceships with legos or impersonating NBA greats on a mini hoop in my basement or refining my radio voice on...
Seven-Year-Old Apologist Stands Up to Problem of Evil+
Recently, as I began the nightly ritual of putting children to bed, I knelt by my seven-year-old son’s bed and had an unexpected conversation. “Something...
Expectations: Best and Worst+
Recently we bought a house. It felt like nothing short of a miracle. We had searched and searched for several years, and after lots of...
Resisting the Hard Sell at Cabo and Church+
For my 30th birthday, my wife and I took a trip to Cabo San Lucas with some friends. Cabo is a world of recreational activities....
The Bright Sadness+
To know where we are, we must know where we have come from, and also, where we are going. During Lent, we acknowledge the tension...
There is No One-Person Show+
The other morning — while racing from the bank to the grocery to a morning meeting — I caught the end of a radio conversation...
The Face of God in the Face of My Friends+
To preview Jonalyn’s speaking engagement at the Bold Boundaries conference on Friday in Chicago, we invited Happy Thorp, an associate pastor at Torch Church in...
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