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September 2019

September 03, 2019

Should Evangelicals Kiss Homeschooling Goodbye?

Last month, World Magazine responded to Christian purity culture advocate Josh Harris's fall from grace...

August 2019

August 15, 2019

Christian Organization: Josh Harris Was Never a TRUE Christian

Christians are generally the first to vote other Christians off the island. Josh Harris is...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

Josh Harris Is No Longer a Christian, but I’m Still Angry

As most of you probably know by now, Josh Harris has now announced that he...

July 24, 2019

Josh Harris’s Separation: The Perfect Marriage Formula That Never Was

Growing up in a Christian homeschooling family and an evangelical church community, the only advice...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

Explaining in the Guise of Listening: A Review of Josh Harris’ New Documentary

Harris has put himself back on the podium he ostensibly vacated when leaving his pastorate...

December 20, 2018

Blogger Elizabeth Esther Regrets Her Participation in Josh Harris Documentary

Elizabeth Esther's thoughts on Harris' documentary are important, because she's the one who started this...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Josh Harris Makes Good

While there will be used copies of I Kissed Dating Goodbye in circulation perhaps forever, there will...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Why I’m Concerned about Josh Harris’ New Documentary

This lack of transparency doesn't incline me to give Harris the benefit of the doubt....

May 2017

May 10, 2017

All the Evangelical Marriage Teachings I Had to Unlearn

My husband and I have been married for almost ten years. My upbringing was evangelical,...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

By the Skin on My Teeth

Purity culture threw some absolute shit at me, but in the end, I did turn...

August 01, 2016

New Website Tackles Josh Harris’s “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” with Powerful Message

As a teen, Joshua Harris' 1997 book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, played a fundamental role...

July 2016

July 14, 2016

Is Josh Harris Actually Taking Responsibility?

Josh Harris was interviewed on NPR recently. I know this because my husband started yelling...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

Josh Harris Apologizes

Last year Joshua Harris announced that he was leaving the ministry and going to seminary....

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...

February 2015

February 02, 2015

Today I’m Proud of Joshua Harris

Forging our own paths after the level of parental control homeschooling afforded our parents isn't...

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...

May 2014

May 01, 2014

On Masturbating without Lust

Awkward as it may be, over the past several years I've written a number of...

August 2013

August 03, 2013

Guest Post: “You Are Not Your Own”: Unmarried Women Belong To Their Parents?

A Guest Post by Sarah Moon. Joshua Harris, of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, calls for...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Guest Post: I Hugged Dating Hello, Part V: Developing Intellectual Intimacy

A guest post by Molly. Honestly, Josh, you tried hard to make feminine submission sound...

February 12, 2013

Guest Post: I Hugged Dating Hello, Part IV: Casting Out Fear at the Intersection of Emotional and Sexual Intimacy

A guest post by Molly. We talked before about how Christian purity culture fails to...

February 09, 2013

Guest Post: I Hugged Dating Hello, Part III: Developing Emotional Intimacy

A guest post by Molly. I’ve come to believe that purity culture views emotional intimacy...

February 06, 2013

Guest Post: I Hugged Dating Hello, Part II: Developing Spiritual Intimacy

A guest post by Molly. While God may “reveal the right person under the right...

February 06, 2013

Guest Post: I Hugged Dating Hello, Part I: Developing Relational Intimacies

A guest post by Molly. Unfortunately, I Kissed Dating Goodbye seemed more focused on teaching...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

What I Learned from Joshua Harris

With his books I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy Meets Girl, Joshua Harris singlehandedly made...

October 24, 2012

Do Joshua Harris’s Books Contain “Valuable Advice”?

Joshua Harris wrote a series of books on sex and relationships for an audience of...

August 2012

August 16, 2012

The Purity Culture and “Lust”

Growing up, "lust" was a big no no. No lusting allowed! Absolutely none! Lust was...

September 2011

September 10, 2011

“Love Virginity”

I recently came upon post on the blog Forever in Hell (which I highly recommend, though...

August 2011

August 04, 2011

The “Problem” of Lust

Note: I am defining lust as "a feeling of sexual desire" and lustful thoughts as...