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Sex: Idol, Art or Sport?
October 26th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Last week a young woman, A, asked in response to my post “When Virgins Marry“, You wrote, ”Marriage was the door to sex for me and my husband. And because I’ve never known sex outside of it, I’m afraid I’m terribly biased about the power sex can have. When virgins marry they get a chance [...]
Tags: marriage, sex
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The Needs of the Day
September 15th, 2010 by Jonalyn
You know what I’ve discovered? It’s hard to write. Not just the craft of writing, that’s hard in and of itself, but the discovery that what you write isn’t widely appreciated. I’m sure other authors know what I mean. We just received word on how our recent book, the first we’re written together, Coffee Shop [...]
Tags: pain, writing/speaking
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Beauty and Headscarves
August 30th, 2010 by Jonalyn
Beautiful woman. Beautiful puppy. Beautiful meadow. Beautiful baby. Beautiful relationship. Beautiful God. What do we mean when we talk about beauty in women? Philosophizing about Beauty With my philsopher’s hat slightly askew (thank you sleep deprivation) let me tease apart some things (value, beauty, attraction, sexiness) that get tangled together. Beauty is not the same as [...]
Tags: beauty, body, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, politics, spiritual growth
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Abortion – Listening to Both Sides
May 30th, 2010 by Jonalyn
In a Gallup poll released last month, I learned that 47% of Americans consider themselves pro-life, 45% pro-choice. As William McGurn wrote in the Wall Street Journal (“Gallup’s Pro-Life America: When Will the Media Reflect America on Abortion?“) this week, “Our strong moral qualms about abortion have not gone away.” However, most Americans still want [...]
Tags: apologetics, family, Gender Studies, motherhood, pain, politics, sex
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