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Breaking Shame: Why Purity Culture Works+

I’ve struggled for decades with what Brené Brown calls scarcity: the never enough problem (Daring Greatly). I was a perfect...

When I first started doubting the age-old “plain” meaning of Scripture, I was nervous. If I could say “Oh, that’s...

Why is it so hard to be celibate or a virgin today? Why does virginal or “born-again virgin” status (as...

Celibacy is the commitment to remain sexually chaste while not married. If the movie, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, is any indicator,...

This week I’m staying with my Mexican grandmother and Spanish-French grandfather in their home in Whittier. My husband is taking...

This post is part of the February Synchroblog “Cross Gender Friendships”. See all contributions at the end of this post....

Read Part 1 Seth rebuttal 2: Jonalyn – I chimed in here because I regularly enjoy reading your thoughts (and...