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May 2014

May 11, 2014

Dear Mommy Dearest

I am not getting my mother anything for Mother’s Day, the boy proclaimed. I...

March 2014

March 09, 2014

Doing Nothing for the Least of Us

Not a one of them called Children Services. People walked over top the young woman,...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Un-Fan Mail: Silence of Mockingbirds

Today Inbox: Un-fan Mail for A Silence of Mockingbirds Mrs. Zacharias, First let me introduce...

November 03, 2013

If Oprah ever asks what one thing I know…

She stood across the table from me unable to speak. A catch in her throat,...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Trayvon Martin: Latest Cause Celibre

There are no protesters in the streets here in Kandern, Germany. No one even...

June 2013

June 01, 2013

The Worth of a Child

I visited with a friend recently who told me that he offered a family member...

May 2013

May 01, 2013

The Case of the Taken Baby

A few weeks ago, Anna and Alex Nikolayev took their 5-month old son Sammy,...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

When the abuser is your coach

I just don't get it. It isn't like technology is a new thing. We've...

April 02, 2013

When the abuser is your parent

(Editor's Note: Rachel Held Evans recently opened up her blog to an in-depth look at...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Why the world is so angry with Christians

It’s ludicrous, really, the way some Believers carry on in this nation about being...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Refuse to Do Nothing: Be a Revolutionary

I issue the same warning to students: I'm trying to turn you all into revolutionaries. ...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

I Wonder Why

I wonder why it is that Believers are willing to speak out about this: ...

November 02, 2012

Church Leaders have Their Day in Court

John & Charica Daugherty - Day in Court Remember our story about the failure of...

November 01, 2012

Just a Bad Joke

This was a Facebook post. Reportedly just a joke, says Andre Curry, the father of...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Making Pot Legal

There was a dead child on the floor but that was of little concern to...

October 18, 2012

Victory Christian Center: When Child Rape is not Child Abuse

Suppose you were the person a distraught girl sought out to report that a...

October 04, 2012

Still Undecided

Did you watch the debate? I was driving home from Seattle so had to...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Looky-See

I went for a walk this morning When I happened upon this elegant creature, I...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

End the Silence

Now that the trial is over, the satellite trucks have all returned home and new...

June 18, 2012

New York City’s Mayor Mom

(Editor's Note: Disclaimer: The following is NOT a real news story. It is satire, told...

June 17, 2012

A Father of a Different Sort

Those Father’s Day commercials are difficult to watch. The ones in which dads happily take...

June 01, 2012

Murder repeats itself

This weekend marks the anniversary of the murder of Karly Sheehan. Had she not been...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

Time for the Church to step up

It never fails. Every time I speak before any group about A SILENCE OF...

May 13, 2012

Raised by Lousy Moms

Dolores Aguilar 1929 – Aug. 7, 2008 Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico,...

May 12, 2012

When Children set the Example

Editor's Note: Traveling back across country today. Today's guest post is from the lovely Renea...

May 10, 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey: Masturbation of the Mind

The young prosecuting attorney called me into his office. "Take a look at these," he...

May 06, 2012

Half-Baked Mama

Let's all agree...

May 02, 2012

The Whys and Whats of God

Her boy was 14 when he was killed in an accident. He grabbed for a...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

The Amish Porn Dilemma

This was an actual exchange between a reader/fan and a Christian bookseller: Reader: "I wanted...

April 26, 2012

Grace & Poetry

You need to know how God-infused this journey has been. I arrived at WAMU...

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