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June 2013

June 08, 2013

God as a woman, seeking out the marginalized

One of the most popular images of God in the Bible is the image of...

June 05, 2013

There are little lights everywhere.

I used to believe that the Church was the light of the world. A beacon...

June 05, 2013

“You Are Not Your Own” Series: On Traditional Gender Roles and Dehumanization

This post is part of a series called“You Are Not Your Own,” focusing on rape and...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

On glittery boobs and translating clothing into meaning

Trigger Warnings on this post and the links in it for rape and violence against...

May 24, 2013

Is there room for other perspectives in the evangelical conversation against purity culture?

Today, @mslooola, who I follow on the Twitters (#FF her for more great tweets on...

May 01, 2013

God is not really a king.

I've been thinking a lot about my deepest held images of God: why do I...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Creationism, Evolution, and Doing Justice to God

I've been reading Kenneth Miller's book Finding Darwin's God for a class I'm taking. Although I've been...

March 20, 2013

Spiritual Abuse Awareness Week: My Guest Post at Rachel Held Evans

Today I'm guest posting at Rachel Held Evans' blog, talking about abuse and images of...

March 18, 2013

Spiritual Abuse Awareness Week: Violences are Connected

Back in February, Sen. Marco Rubio explained why he opposed the Violence Against Women Act:...

March 11, 2013

Must reads!

Lots of posts that I want to share this week. I hope you'll check them...

March 02, 2013

Must Reads!

Here are some posts from the past week or so that you simply must read....

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Must Reads!

It's been awhile since I've had the time to sit down and post links to...

January 2013

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 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...

September 2012

September 16, 2012

Losing my purity…ring.

Hi friends! I'm over at Love, Joy, Feminism today talking about purity rings. My cousin...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

No Experience Necessary?

If you wanted an expert opinion on something, usually you'd ask someone with experience on...

June 25, 2012

Guest Post at Travis Mamone’s blog!

Hey y'all! I wrote a guest post for Travis Mamone on fragile faith that can't...

May 2012

May 09, 2012

When your home church doesn’t feel like home

I've been away from my hometown in Michigan for four years now, but I'm back,...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

I’m giving up hate-reading for Lent!

I used to be a self-injurer. Once or twice a week for six years, I...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Mark Driscoll, spiritual abuse, and fluffy bunnies…

We're going to talk about Mark Driscoll today on the blog. I know that, for...

October 2011

October 10, 2011

God loves Mark Driscoll (and everyone else)

God is love. God doesn't hate anyone. God poured his wrath on on Himself, because He loved...

October 07, 2011

I saw love win today.

Today, as I was walking back from class, I noticed that my university's token street...