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April 2017

April 12, 2017

The Trouble with Easter: How To (and not to) Talk to Kids About Easter

Public execution! Child Sacrifice! Rising from the dead! Just the kinds of stories you want...

April 10, 2017

Protect Children from the Violence of the Cross and What to Do Instead During Holy Week

As we approach Holy Week, those of us involved in children’s ministry are once again...

April 06, 2017

Let’s Be Thoughtful About the Way We Share Pictures of Syrian Children

People are changing profile pictures into yellow to spread awareness of the deadly chemical attack...

April 05, 2017

Deliberate Acts of Kindness

I interview author, Meredith Gould, about her new book as it relates to Unfundamentalist parenting:...

April 03, 2017

Mike Pence, The Billy Graham Rule, & Mixed Gender Friendships

Image: Pixabay Sometimes the quirks of evangelical subculture becomes fodder for inside jokes and on...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Bearing Down on Them: What Parents Can Learn from Elisha and the 42 Boys

When the group of prophets at Jericho saw Elisha, they said, “Elijah’s spirit is now...

March 30, 2017

7 Unfundamentalist Parenting Podcast Recs

Image: Pixabay There are a lot of wonderful progressive Christian podcasts out there, and a...

March 29, 2017

Dismantling Toxic Masculinity in our Boys

Image: Pixabay “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ~...

March 27, 2017

Parenting, a Fender Bender, and Racial Bias

Image provided by author of blogpost: Dr. Joani Lea Jack and daughter, Gracie At the...

March 24, 2017

7 Ways to Read the Bible that Lift Up Children

Children play many roles within biblical stories. They do many good, brave acts: for example,...

March 22, 2017

Beauty and the Beast for Unfundamentalist Parenting

Image from Disney Like millions of others, I joined adoring fans at the theaters the...

March 20, 2017

A Lesbian Mother and the Canaanite Woman

Image provided by guest contributor, Candice Czubernat We are a mommy-momma household. And we have...

March 17, 2017

Kids & Theology Q&R: Prayer, Fundamentalism, & Conflict Management

Below are some written responses to questions asked in a Q&R session last fall at...

March 16, 2017

Unfundamentalist Resources for Babies/Toddlers

I am a minister and educator and although I am passionate about religious education, the...

March 15, 2017

Why ‘Biblical’ Parenting is Horrible Parenting

Image: Pixabay I posed a question in my parenting Facebook Group, “If Jesus had children,...

March 13, 2017

Revisiting Adam and Eve

“The snake was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God...

March 09, 2017

The Shack, the Movie – Part 2

This is part 2 of exploring Unfundamentalist Parenting in The Shack, the Movie. You can...

March 08, 2017

Every Christian is a Universalist at Baby Funerals

Image: Pixabay I would argue, practically speaking (perhaps not theologically), every Christian is a...

March 06, 2017

Unfundamentalist Parenting in The Shack – Part 1

The world is abuzz with the release of The Shack movie, based on the...

March 03, 2017

Children as Theological Concern and Hermeneutic

When we think about theology and hermeneutics, we usually think about theoretical matters. For example:...

March 01, 2017

You Don’t Love Your Children Unless You Do This

Image: Pixabay Ever wonder why you can be told you are loved, by your parents,...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Understanding My Human Rights

"I have the right to ask questions and get honest answers." This is the perfect...

February 24, 2017

Encouraging Children to Doubt

Doubt is an important part of faith. That may sound contradictory, but it is true....

February 22, 2017

Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Parenting Trick

These are perilous times when the President of America is inciting a deep mistrust of...

February 20, 2017

Six Ways to #Resist as a Family

Image provided by: Ashley Lorraine Boccuti In these past couple weeks I have marched, I have...

February 17, 2017

We Live in an Anti-Child World

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book on child liberation theology. “Children’s lives...

February 15, 2017

Ten Ways Children Save Our Faith

Image: Pixabay I was lost, and then I was found. And then I was lost...

February 13, 2017

Parenting With Spiritual Baggage – 5 Tips

Image: Pixabay Deconstructing can be emotionally, spiritually and intellectually draining. Add that into the work...

February 10, 2017

Is Parenting Political?

Image: provided by Meggin Ball “Why don’t you stick to talking about parenting? You’re talking...

February 07, 2017

BETTER Parenting – Interview with Melvin Bray

Image provided by Melvin Bray Hi Melvin, welcome to Unfundamentalist Parenting. We are excited to...

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