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March 2016

March 30, 2016

Do You Love God More than You Love Your Children?

I've written a lot about the evangelicalism I grew up in over the last few...

March 23, 2016

What Makes Someone a Feminist?

After reading Sankey's essay, it's clear that she's correct in declaring herself not a feminist....

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Study Philosophy with Dan Fincke!

Hey guys! I've known Dan Fincke of Camels with Hammers almost since I first started blogging....

November 2015

November 18, 2015

The “Real Men” of Evangelical Christianity

If you're like me, your social media feeds are probably filled with discussions of ISIS...

November 17, 2015

When Courtship Means Regret

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

September 2015

September 01, 2015

Mothers are NOT always right

I am not saying mothers have an obligation to always be there for their kids...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

Dating Is Dead: Long Live Whatever-We-Call-It-Now!

I married Sean because he and I had formed a strong partnership and camaraderie that...

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 21, 2015

Evangelical Christianity’s Patriarchal Alternative to Fifty Shades of Grey

Old Fashioned is a Christian movie alternative to Fifty Shades of Grey, released the same...

February 18, 2015

Fifty Shades of Evangelical Justifications for Patriarchy

While researching my previous blog post on Fifty Shades of Grey, I came upon an...

February 16, 2015

Fifty Shades of Disagreement: Evangelicals and Feminists on Fifty Shades of Grey

In general, the thing that has evangelicals up in arms over Fifty Shades of Grey...

February 14, 2015

What I Love about My Feminist Husband

When I was a teen, my father told me it would take a special kind...

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...

January 2015

January 11, 2015

“Hey, Dreamboat!”: Teenage Girls Get Mocked Too

I wrote a week ago about conversations within gaming, fandom, and nerd culture over dating...

January 01, 2015

Longing for Love; Or, It’s Not Just Nerdy Boys

Both men and women struggle with dating and romance. Those who are shy, or nerdy,...

December 2014

December 25, 2014

Do Traditional Gender Roles Lead to Good Sex? No.

In other words, the author's gendered marriage roles do not by themselves lead to trust...

December 23, 2014

The Longsuffering Godly Abused Wife

And so if it is already accepted that being a properly submissive wife is all...

June 2014

June 08, 2014

Does He Treat You Right?

I actually have some fairly strong memories of how it felt to be on the...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

Be Still My Heart: Crushes and Guy-Girl Friendships

When it came to crushes, I had exactly two options: Crush on the homeschool boys...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Guest Post: Courting a Stranger

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

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...

July 2013

July 27, 2013

Kings, Queens, Spheres, and Kingdoms

I remember being over at a friend's house when her dad called to say he...

July 25, 2013

A Twisted Father/Daughter Relationship

This weird insistence on the father/daughter relationship being of utmost importance ends up overshadowing the...

July 15, 2013

Teenage Daughters and Their Fathers

But let me move away from the more conservative circles of Christian homeschooling and speak...

July 02, 2013

True Womanhood: Get Abused, Win a Crown!

Here is what Kassian and DeMoss have to say to abused women: “And to women...

June 2013

June 23, 2013

Homeschool Relationships in the Purity Culture

A guest rant by Kate. This is my experience: Dating is only if you want...

June 08, 2013

Debi Pearl’s Logic in a 1963 Ladies Magazine Quiz

I found this ladies' magazine quiz an interesting illustration of the way some of Debi...

June 01, 2013

Vision Forum’s Scott Brown Doesn’t Get Feminists

In articles like this, an emphasis on the sacrificial love of Christ is used to...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

A Time To Conceal and a Time To Tell

Time and again, light social conversations are peppered with anecdotes and stories, and for someone...

May 15, 2013

Things Women Hear in the Church

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