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August 2018

August 16, 2018

Dads, Dating Your Daughter’s Boyfriend Is a Terrible Idea

A few years back, Marshall Segal penned an article on well-known evangelical theologian John Piper's...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

The Courtship Constraints of Homeschool Erotica

I'm reminded of the many Christian romance novels I read as a girl in which...

November 2017

November 10, 2017

Child Brides, Teenage Sluts, and Roy Moore

Maranatha was 13-years-old when Matthew Chapman first approached her father. She was married when she...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Courtship doesn’t save you heartache. It amplifies it.

I am not saying our current dating culture is perfect. I am saying that courtship...

March 2016

March 14, 2016

Doug Wilson: Women who reject patriarchy are tacitly accepting “the propriety of rape”

First Wilson imagines a society in which women are physically protected by their male relatives...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

When Courtship Means Regret

Regret is a part of life. If we spend our entire lives fleeing it, we're...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

Not Every Courtship Looks Like the Duggars’

Not all courtships look the same. It seems that the high-profile Duggar courtships have so...

March 2015

March 07, 2015

What Courtship Was for Me

If only my parents had avoided all of that the courtship literature and rhetoric---all of...

November 2014

November 02, 2014

The Courtship Mask

If you want a long-term relationship with the person you are courting, you need to...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

My First Crush

Growing up on the conservative Christian homeschooling culture of courtship and purity rings made a...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

More Voices Speak out against Courtship

I've noticed more and more voices speaking out against courtship, and the interesting thing is...

August 04, 2014

Israel Wayne on the (Patriarchal) Father’s Role

Israel Wayne is supposed to be a voice of reason in the Christian homeschooling community....

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Should Parents Be “Involved” in Their Children’s Love Lives?

Parents should absolutely be there for their children, and they should absolutely offer advice, both...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

Courtship, Hand-Holding, Parody, and Me

I recently came upon an article titled "The Christian dating site for those saving hand-holding...

December 2013

December 02, 2013

Child Marriage and the Rest of the Maranatha Story

I want to talk, for a bit, about child marriage, and about the problems it...

November 2013

November 10, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 8: Courtship Is Not the Answer

Parents want to protect their children from harm. Many parents are drawn to ideas like...

November 03, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 7: I Do

We spent most of our time together at our family homes, so we also spent...

October 2013

October 27, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 6: The Countdown

On the drive back home, I was sad. Still so many weeks till the wedding,...

October 12, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 5: Will You Marry Me?

He pulled out a box with the ring inside and said, “I love you, and...

October 06, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 4: The Singing Again

We had a good time talking and getting more comfortable being around each other that...

October 04, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 3: New Horizons

A Guest Post by Melissa. Mid April, my friend the Greek teacher walked up to...

October 02, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 2: Waiting and Hoping

A Guest Post by Melissa. I had hopes for one young man, but he never...

October 01, 2013

Guest Post: A Courtship Story, Part 1: Listen for the Singing

A Guest Post by Melissa. I hated myself. I was 17. I was convinced that...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

I Once Courted Too (Some Thoughts on Jessa Duggar)

To young women like Jessa, courtship offers the promise of safety and a foolproof process...

September 20, 2013

Guest Post: Courting a Stranger

As you may know, the Duggars announced last week that their daughter Jessa is now...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

A Response to a Failed Courtship—A Humorous Poem

In google searching for something totally unrelated, I came upon a humorous poem about a...

May 15, 2013

Things Women Hear in the Church

When I read blogs written by Christian feminists, one feeling I get is that the...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Homeschooling under the Influence

After I wrote my posts on academics and socialization, I realized that there is another...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

A Documentary Look at Courtship

There's a documentary being made about the courtship of a young woman named Kelly. Kelly's...

January 2013

January 16, 2013

Removing the Romance from Pride and Prejudice

As the leaders of Christian homeschool movement embrace the (supposedly) virtuous past as a contrast...