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June 2017

June 19, 2017

Contemplative Prayer with Kids

It’s hard for a five-year-old to stay quiet for any stretch of time. It’s also...

June 16, 2017

9 Unfundamentalist Summer Activities

It’s summer! Many families experience a change of routine as school is out and warmer...

June 14, 2017

Jesus as Child

We unfortunately do not have many stories about Jesus’ childhood in the Christian Gospels. Only...

June 09, 2017

Understanding Children’s Existential Struggles

Robert Coles, a Harvard professor and student of children’s lives, sees “children as seekers, as...

June 06, 2017

5 Things Therapy Training Taught me about Parenting

I went back to school for a master’s degree in counseling psychology in preparation for...

June 05, 2017

Three Reasons to NOT Raise Persecution-Ready Kids

When I read the article, Are We Raising Persecution Ready Kids? I remembered with a...

June 02, 2017

Why You Should Take Your Daughter (& Son) to See Wonder Woman

*Spoiler alert* What kind of an unfundamentalist (read: feminist) parent would I be if I...

June 01, 2017

What ‘Biblical Parenting’ REALLY Means

What do people mean, exactly, when they refer to ‘biblical parenting’? The Bible isn’t a...

June 01, 2017

The Hate You Give: BLM and Parenting

Lately, I’ve been struck by the power of names. I’ve been struck by the courage...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Corporal Punishment is Violence. And Violence Against Children is Abuse.

Whenever the topic of corporal punishment comes up, it seems inevitable that someone will argue...

May 29, 2017

Reza Aslan on Raising Spiritual Kids in Interfaith Marriage

Reza Aslan (Muslim) and Jessica Jackley (Christian) tells their love story and marriage as an...

May 26, 2017

How to Parent When You’re Spiritual But Not Religious

According to PEW, the SBNR (Spiritual-But-Not-Religious) demographic continue to grow, particularly among Millennials. This demographic...

May 24, 2017

Give Children Space to be Conscientious Objectors

Children are not simply to submit to authorities, whether those authorities are parental or governmental....

May 22, 2017

My Child is Afraid of Hell. What Do I Do?

Sherry asks, My youngest recently asked me if he is going to hell, he says,...

May 19, 2017

Kids “Get” Social Justice

How do we raise kids to be advocates for social justice? This is a central...

May 17, 2017

Is Your Personal Relationship with God a Dysfunctional One?

I was raised to believe what sets Christianity apart from other religions is how God...

May 15, 2017

It’s Time to Speak Out Against Corporal Punishment

More and more, churches are waking up to the reality of child abuse in their...

May 12, 2017

I’m Bad! Rewriting Fundamentalist Beliefs of Depravity

Our best conversations usually happen around the dinner table. Between bites of mac and cheese...

May 10, 2017

Six Ways to Teach Children without Gas Lighting

Image: Unsplash Gas lighting is a term to describe psychological manipulation inflicted on a victim...

May 08, 2017

Feminist Dad Gives Best Advice to his Daughter

A boy asks a girl out in sixth grade. She texts her Dad for advice...

May 05, 2017

Why Your Children do NOT Need Apologetics

I grew up with Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel teaching me how to “be prepared...

May 03, 2017

Children Are Not Angels

This is a view that I only see in progressive Christian circles. According to some...

May 01, 2017

Should my Daughter Defy Modesty Rules at the Youth Group Beach Retreat?

*This is part of Ask Unfundamentalist Parenting series where I answer real life parenting dilemmas. You...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

God as Child

What is the central identity that Jesus took upon himself? Surely it was his...

April 26, 2017

Dear Children’s Ministry: Please Stop Using “Black” and “White” to Describe Sin and Forgiveness

Image: Unsplash Dear Children's Ministry, First, thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank...

April 24, 2017

How to Parent when Grandparents are Conservative?

I am honored to interview Carol Howard Merritt today on the blog for Unfundamentalist Parenting....

April 21, 2017

Some Considerations Before Subscribing to Brio 2.0

Image: Focus on the Family In 2009, during the aftermath of the economic crash, Brio,...

April 19, 2017

The Gospel According to Moana

Image provided by Disney In fundamentalism, when a child misbehaves, it is to be expected...

April 17, 2017

Breaking Five Unhealthy Friendship Habits from Fundamentalism

Image: Unsplash “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into...

April 14, 2017

What Holy Week Means for Children

Image: Unsplash Holy Week can sometimes be thought of as Humility Week. Stories from this...

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