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Female: Apologist?
April 18th, 2012 by Jonalyn
Apologists have earned a reputation for being obnoxious know-it-alls. I should know. I am an apologist. Apologetics can easily become the Christian sport where you watch your team fight and hopefully smear the rival. So why would women aspire to become apologists? Female apologists are curiosities, somewhat like female wrestlers. Female: apologist? What the what? [...]
Tags: apologetics, loving Jesus, politics
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Rich Ladies: When Women Back a Man’s Ministry
March 14th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I know men who proclaim in Sunday services words sharpened by a one-woman audience at home. Pastors around the country, relying on the women in their lives to help them. Personally, I count it a good thing when a man relies on a woman. I’m toe-deep in a book on this The Resignation of Eve: [...]
Tags: feminism, loving Jesus, marriage, ruby slippers, writing/speaking
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What does Feminism Mean to You?
February 16th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I was 19 years old at the University of Virginia and suffering. I had enrolled in Women in American Literature and felt instantly intimidated by the strong, articulate and (to my mind) ANGRY feminists (was their a more vitriolic combination?) sitting beside me. I was so freaked out I ask the professor to let me [...]
Tags: feminism, loving Jesus, prejudice, reviews, ruby slippers
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When Men Fall: Vulnerability as a Prerequisite for Heroes
January 25th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I believe that our beliefs about our humanity, our femininity and masculinity directly affect what we will do, how we will grow, how we will fail and how we will recover. I’ve only 200 pages left of Daniel Walker’s “God in a Brothel: An Undercover Journey into Sex Trafficking and Rescue” (these are iPhone pages, [...]
Tags: feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, motherhood, reviews, sex, vulnerability
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How to Spot . . . and How to Treat a Chauvinist
January 18th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I thought they were my friends, they were strong, attractive, Spanish guys. We were in the same honors math classes together. I wore a powder blue fitted dress with white patent leather pumps. The heels were carved of stacked wood, but the dress hit the 4″ above the knee rule. That day those men started [...]
Tags: feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, marriage, prejudice
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Gifts of Vulnerability for Christmas
December 21st, 2011 by Jonalyn
To my faithful ~ Dale and I have come to a deeply practical, life-giving understanding. I look forward to sharing in a future post how our new set-up has changed all of us, including Finn. This turning of a new leaf will be an appropriate bit of sharing for the New Year. For now, I [...]
Tags: friendship, loving Jesus, motherhood, vulnerability
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Sharing Your Faith . . . Without Losing Your Friends
November 2nd, 2011 by Jonalyn
Talking about God is more like slicing carrots than cooking them. You’ve got to be careful with that knife and the more time you take the better. Pressure does great things for cooking carrots and building faith, but it does nothing for sharing it. Pressure Free If we’re pressured for time, friends or approval, we [...]
Tags: apologetics, food, loving Jesus, spiritual growth
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