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January 2013

January 29, 2013

Why I’m a Unitarian Universalist

I want to talk about faith for a second. I'm a Unitarian Universalist. People often...

January 28, 2013

Account and Countenance

Trigger Warning for intimate partner violence/verbal abuse and spiritual abuse I'm on a guest-posting streak...

January 25, 2013

Do Gender Roles Cause Unrealistic Expectations for Relationships?

I wrote a guest post for Kevin Olenick about how the gender roles I learned...

January 23, 2013

Let me be angry.

Trigger Warning for abuse and rape: I've been tired of fighting. Been feeling like nothing...

January 23, 2013

A quote for today…

I'm having trouble today, writing words. When I try to set the words free through...

January 20, 2013

Best of the week!

I didn't have time to do a "best of the week" post last week, so...

January 17, 2013

Why Chris Rosebrough is Wrong: A Case for Ordaining Women (Guest Post By Travis Mamone)

Here are some thoughts from my friend Travis Mamone (who blogs about cool stuff like...

January 16, 2013

No one’s Messiah

To Christian men and the churches they attend: I am not your Christ. Churches may...

January 11, 2013

Some humans are more equal than others: John Piper on spousal abuse and submission

I'm doing a series on complementarianism's manipulative claims at promoting equality. You can read the...

January 09, 2013

Some Humans Are More Equal Than Others: Joshua Harris on Male Authority and Female Submission

I'm doing a short series on some examples of the way that complementarians claim to...

January 07, 2013

Some humans are more equal than others: Introduction

Complementarian evangelical leaders like to pretend that their view of women is something other than...

January 06, 2013

Best of the Week!

Here are a few things from this past week that really shouldn't be missed! I'll...

January 03, 2013

The privilege of purity

I've spoken some about the purity movement on this blog. I grew up in it,...

January 01, 2013

No, REALLY, I’m happy.

Yesterday, I wrote about how, for the first time in a long time, I really...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

I’m happy.

I'm happy. It feels good to say that and really mean it. Life has been...

December 27, 2012

Plans for 2013

I know I haven't written in this ol' blog as often as I should. Life's...

December 19, 2012

When I don’t want to be a Christian anymore, I just believe in love

I believe in love. I feel that I must take a moment to define my...

December 16, 2012

Why?

Trigger Warning for discussion of Sandy Hook Elementary shootings Why? I guess that's what everyone's...

December 07, 2012

A church “building project” that made a difference

Many churches get super excited about building projects. These projects are supposed to represent big changes...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

On apologetics

Often I try to process my faith publicly, either through my blog or through facebook...

November 21, 2012

Their caricatures of me aren’t me.

Language is powerful, and so, when we find ourselves with enemies, we use their own...

November 20, 2012

A new hope

Today, I checked my phone compulsively for tweets from Connor Park and Dianna Anderson, who...

November 15, 2012

In Praise of the Doubting Thomas–A Book Review

My friend Travis Mamone has a new ebook out. It's called In Praise of the Doubting...

November 13, 2012

“Progressive” Christianity and Premarital Sex

Almost exactly one year ago, I read an article on Relevant Magazine that made me...

November 03, 2012

The founding fathers get a free pass. The feminists? Not so much.

It is more than acceptable in our society to quote one of the founding fathers...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Amazing bell hooks quote of the day

From bell hooks' book, All About Love: New Visions: Religious fundamentalism is often represented as authentic...

October 28, 2012

Love and the mystery of men and women

I've been reading bell hook's book All About Love: New Visions. In it, she stresses the importance...

October 23, 2012

We have it “so good.”

What if I told you a story about a Muslim girl from the Middle East?...

October 15, 2012

“You’re not like most women” is not a compliment!

Telling me that I'm not like most women--I'm more logical, rational, calm, unemotional, etc--is not...

October 13, 2012

Feminism and abstinence

bell hooks states in her book Feminist Theory, From Margin to Center: One aspect of sexual...

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