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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...

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This funny thing called sex+

Last week’s My Faith Hurdle question reminded us of an old Breakfast Reading post that we wanted to resurrect for...

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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...

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Makings of a reluctant complementarian+

I don’t remember who said it, or why. One minute, we were filing into bible class at our Christian school,...

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Emergency Weddings and Beautiful Moments+

One Monday in late March, my friend Suzanne called to ask if I could play the piano for her in...

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Tears and Donuts+

Much has been made of the organic, low sugar, low carb diets. But this is not a post about eating...

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My List of Rules and the Bad Woman+

I was taught that your business was my business.  For many years, I thought this was so. The woman who...

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Telling different stories+

Swimming “Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink...

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My dirty laundry on grace+

“For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” (John 1:16) I’ve struggled with an accusatory posture since I was...

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Weddings and Sex+

He told me he was getting married.  He and his girlfriend had been living together for years. “Why? Why get...

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