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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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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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Co-Parenting – a Bag of Tips and Tricks
September 21st, 2011 by Jonalyn
I just finished The Paris Wifeby Paula McLain, a book swirling with the roles of men and women, Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Richardson respectively. Hadley sacrifices for Ernest’s career, finding excitement and purpose unmatched by any of her prospects in his life. They move to Paris. Not until Hadley becomes pregnant can she find a [...]
Tags: family, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage, motherhood, sex, writing/speaking
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Learning to Pray – First 20 hours away from Finn
September 7th, 2011 by Jonalyn
The day had been planned for hundreds of days. I would leave Finn for over 20 hours, fly early, arrive back Late. And Dale would be the caretaker in charge and extended Finn detail. I had already been praying, but I enlisted our Soulation prayer team to cover me some more. Three weeks, the day [...]
Tags: beauty, loving Jesus, spiritual growth, writing/speaking
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Motherhood – one year later (and a Beco Carrier Giveaway)
May 12th, 2011 by Jonalyn
It’s been over a year since Finn’s splashy entrance and I’m finding friends (thank you, Julia Wurst) asking for one-year evaluative thoughts. If you’re curious about what motherhood did in one year to this 31 year old, read on. The Right Stuff I find myself talking more, narrating my day to none other than Finn. [...]
Tags: loving Jesus, motherhood, politics, writing/speaking
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“You’re Only a Woman”: Spiritual Abuse and the Independent Fundamental Baptists
April 14th, 2011 by Jonalyn
The father is the hammer. The mother is the chisel. The child is the stone (please note changes from email). I don’t receive theology from a woman. When Eve gave Adam theology, the whole word got damned to hell. The Bible says man is the head of the wife. The Bible was written by men. [...]
Tags: apologetics, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, pain, ruby slippers, spiritual growth, writing/speaking
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Mother Teresa’s Secret Fire – Book Review
January 30th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I’m back from a trip to Seattle, Portland and Medford, happy to see a snowed in cabin, our own White Woods and the chance to tell you about the other book I read for the month of January. I spotted Mother Teresa’s Secret Fire: The Encounter that Changed Her Life, and How it Can Transform Your [...]
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