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March 2014

March 05, 2014

The Answer To Sexual Shame is Not MORE Sexual Shame, Carson T. Clark

[Content Note: Sexual and Spiritual Abuse] When I was 16, I dated an abuser who...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

On Bob Jones University, and Letting Survivors Speak

Content Note: Rape, Sexual Assault Growing up expecting to go to Bob Jones University today...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

Packin’ up and movin’ to Patheos!

Hey readers! It's official. I've made the move to Patheos Spirituality. The new URL is out my...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Hello there, Patheos!

When I was a kid growing up in an independent, fundamental Baptist church, spirituality was...

April 18, 2013

We are thin spaces.

I've been reading N.T. Wright's Surprised by Hope for several months now (with my internship, my research...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

On being a female body at a Christian college

[I wrote recently about learning to love my body for Lent. Part of that loving so...

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 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...

December 2012

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...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

On apologetics

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

November 20, 2012

A new hope

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

October 2012

October 23, 2012

We have it “so good.”

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

October 13, 2012

Feminism and abstinence

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

September 2012

September 12, 2012

John Shore on IFB survivors and my journey toward healing

This piece at John Shore's blog just awakened all kinds of emotions for me: In...

September 10, 2012

Esther, Mark Driscoll, and using rape to control women

[Trigger warning for rape apologism and Mark Driscoll quotes] Growing up, the book of Esther was...

September 06, 2012

“A New Creation:” Christianity and trans* rights

Before I start this blog post, some definitions for anyone not familiar with trans* issues!...

September 04, 2012

Unseduced and Unshaken: A Book Review

The following is a book review of Rosalie de Rosset's book, Unseduced and...

August 2012

August 10, 2012

Dan Cathy’s lifestyle.

A week and a half after the infamous Chick-fil-A Day, this quote by Rick...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Why I believe (by someone who shouldn’t)–A guest post by Travis Mamone

I hope you all enjoyed Abe Kobylanski's guest post yesterday. Today, Travis Mamone discusses why he...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Can you tell the difference?

An apparently all-powerful entity that crushes all those who rebel... ...that excessively blesses some while...

April 2012

April 06, 2012

Never going back

Trigger Warning for Abuse I used to be in an abusive relationship. Once, I broke...

April 05, 2012

Why I’m not signing a petition against Mark Driscoll

*Trigger Warning for rape and spiritual abuse (but don't worry--if you get upset, just click...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

Our Mother who art in heaven…

I'm trying this new thing where I don't just think of God as a man....

February 2012

February 02, 2012

Tell us we’re not strong enough. But you’re wrong.

Some people out there say that Christianity is for men, because our God came to...