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Sex, Food and Fifty Shades of Gray
May 2nd, 2012 by Jonalyn
A man walks past your office, he’s eating a sandwich that smells like heaven. You notice it’s past lunch. You want your own. You don’t steal this man’s sandwich, instead you go out looking for your own. You eat. You are satisfied. A hot man walks past your office. You notice him and you notice [...]
Tags: abuse, food, reviews, sex
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Who do I look like? Listening to The Hunger Games
March 28th, 2012 by Jonalyn
My mom hung a little cream placard with blue letters in our kitchen. Growing up I’d read it often, “You are who you are when no one is looking.” It plagued me with confusion about who I really was. The me in private? or the me in public? In the movie, Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen [...]
Tags: beauty, body, envy, prejudice, reviews, vulnerability
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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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Theology, essays, sexperts and novels on my nightstand
October 12th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I’ve come across some books you need to know about, places my soul stopped, places others who want to walk into more freedom will find some refreshing water. These titles were not sent to me seeking endorsement; I didn’t get them for free. Rather, I bought to pore over them. Each deserve a full post [...]
Tags: beauty, body, Gender Studies, marriage, reviews, sex, spiritual growth
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Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk
September 28th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Have you found it difficult to talk to others about your faith? Dale and I realized we needed to think harder and write more on this subject. A few years I authored “Boutique Religion” a Fledge series (spiritual formation articles on how to be Positively Human) with tips on communicating Jesus’ message to those we [...]
Tags: apologetics, friendship, reviews, spiritual growth, writing/speaking
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How Tina Fey Helped me Love My Body
August 31st, 2011 by Jonalyn
Do you know how many women say broad-minded things in public (Every woman is beautiful in her own way), but don’t believe it in their heart of hearts, at least not of themselves? Not of their body. I’ve been looking for a woman who knows how to face the funny facts of her body, laugh, own and [...]
Tags: beauty, body, feminin/masculin-ity, reviews, vulnerability
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