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September 2016

September 15, 2016

Intersectionality 101 for Kids – Resources

Bringing up topics like intersectionality and everything that entails can with kids can be...

September 12, 2016

Unfundamentalist Parenting – Love Warrior Edition

“God is the God of woman every bit as fiercely as God is the God...

September 08, 2016

Child Protection Is For All God’s Children

The American Church is facing a child abuse epidemic. This epidemic transcends denominational and theological...

September 05, 2016

The Deadly Sin of Fundamentalism

As I continue to work on my Raising Children Unfundamentalist book project, concocting antidotes for the...

September 01, 2016

False Equivalencies and Christian Living

I have an estranged parent who was emotionally abusive to me growing up, and still...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Teaching Kids to Judge

I said “crap” the other day and my children lost their “crap.” “You said the...

August 29, 2016

The Danger of Comparing

Image: Pixabay It’s easy to make comparisons while parenting. Our translation of the Bible is...

August 25, 2016

A Classical Curriculum on Race, Racism, and Slavery in the U.S.

Many important curriculums on race, racism, slavery, and the Black Lives Matter movement already exist....

August 24, 2016

Why I Think Richard Rohr is Wrong on Parenting

Image: Pixabay A lot of progressive Christians, those of us who grew up “on fire...

August 18, 2016

Obviously American

We were sitting in a Starbucks in London, my sister-in-law, her two young...

August 16, 2016

Six Things I Wish Christians Would Stop Doing

As a parent, there are many things I love about Christianity and want my children...

August 15, 2016

Two Crucial Elements in Christian Parenting: Love & Agency

Faith without doubt is dogma. It’s airtight, stale, and leads to death of the spirit....

August 08, 2016

A Different Sort of Mommy Blog

I am a mother and I am a blogger, but I have felt completely foreign...

August 04, 2016

Resources to create better ethical practices when it comes to our (mostly kids) clothing:

A few weeks ago we had a conversation in our Raising Children Unfundamentalist Facebook group...

August 02, 2016

The Bread of Blessing or the Stone of Original Sin

Who, if your child asks for bread, would give him a stone? As parents, we...

August 01, 2016

5 Things Christian Parents Can Tell Their Children about Politics

There are few greater opportunities for parents to express the importance of faith than within...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

A Little Child Will Lead Them: Child Protection and the Kingdom of God

Wolves will live at peace with lambs, and leopards will lie down in peace with...

July 25, 2016

Critiquing Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Part 1)

As I am writing my book on Raising Children UnFundamentalist, I find it has become...

July 21, 2016

Notes on -Isms:

*a peek into my school/curriculum planning notebook* Things I want my kids to learn next...

July 20, 2016

Talking About Race With Children: The Worst Advice I Ever Gave

Image: Pixabay Several years ago, as a newly-hired education consultant working for the Department of...

July 15, 2016

The Binding of Isaac as Cautionary Tale

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac,...

July 13, 2016

Why Salvation doesn’t need the Sinner’s Prayer

I had a “single conversion” experience when I was a kid - a moment where...

July 11, 2016

Three Ways to Raise Children for Peace in a World of Violence

My newsfeed has been awash with lament over the tragedies occurring all over the country....

July 07, 2016

Notes on Empires and Decolonization:

*a peek into my school/curriculum planning notebook* Things I want my kids to learn next...

July 06, 2016

SPECIAL OFFER on Rob Bell’s 3 Hour Parenting Audio Content

Image: from Robbell.com SPECIAL OFFER for the readers of Unfundamentalist Parenting! Rob Bell, beloved speaker...

July 05, 2016

My Child is Scared: What Do I Say? 6 Top Tips

Photo Credit: Dan Cottle - creative commons licence It is easy enough to dismiss a...

July 04, 2016

Christianity in America Is Messed up, but It’s Not All Bad

When it comes to American Christianity, we often see the worst in ourselves. We’re cynical...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Talking to Your Children About Other Religions

Growing up, I was always interested in world religions. While I accepted Jesus into my...

June 29, 2016

The Problem with Curious George

The Spanish version of the original “Curious George” found its way to our bookshelf via...

June 28, 2016

Gay Means Love – Queer Media for Kids

Most resources help parents and educators talk to children about GLBTQ issues but not very much...

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