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February 2017

February 06, 2017

Using vs. Empowering Children as Activists

Like Cindy Brandt, I fell in love with “Woke Baby” from the Women’s March. Also...

February 03, 2017

Three Reasons Why It’s Important to Raise Kids to be Activists

‘Woke Baby’ easily takes home the award for one of the best signs at the...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner

“You, you, when God made YOU, God made you all shiny and new. An incredible...

January 25, 2017

NEW BOOK: Sully’s Light

One thing I’ve discovered during my time as an UnFundamentalist Children’s Pastor is that there...

January 23, 2017

Do Not Use Children for Evangelistic Outreach

Image: Pixabay When I wrote How I Kissed Evangelism Goodbye, my main point was that...

January 20, 2017

The Kindness Rebellion

“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

Ask Unfundamentalist Parenting: Tween Attitude

Karissa Knox Sorrell asks in the unfundamentalist parenting group: Do you have any advice on...

December 14, 2016

The Unlikely Resistance: Teen Girls with Teen Vogue

I recently wrote for Sojourners that those who see the upcoming presidency of Donald Trump...

December 09, 2016

Q & R: Kids’ Spirituality, a Religion of Love, & Sexual Abuse in Church

This article is written in response to the following post & comment on our Facebook page:...

December 06, 2016

Six Ways Unfundamentalist Parenting is Better

Image: Canva If I were to sum up the core difference between fundamentalism and unfundamentalism...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

The One Thing that will Make You A Strong Christian Parent

Image: Pixabay So much anxiety abounds in how to raise strong Christian children in Christian...

November 18, 2016

Six Concrete Actions for the Family Post Election

Image: Pixabay I’ve been convicted that wearing a safety pin, or joining a Facebook group,...

November 17, 2016

This Is Not How I Imagined Christianity

I imagined Christianity would be similar to what I read in the Bible: I would...

November 15, 2016

‘Tis the Season: 5 Approaches to Religion & Politics During the Holidays

There are quite a few of us who are no doubt wringing our hands and...

November 11, 2016

Five Ways to be an Unfundamentalist Parent After the Election

Image: Pixabay The worst outcome is now our reality—Trump has won the presidential election. If...

November 08, 2016

Raising Children to be Spiritually Multilingual

Image: Pixabay Sometimes on Saturday mornings when my husband and I are eager to finally...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Evangelical? Progressive? Unfundamentalist?

Image: Canva Most people are shocked I still identify as an evangelical given that I...

October 25, 2016

9 Ways to Prepare our Children for Suffering

Image: Pixabay How do we prepare our children for suffering? John Piper answers in a...

October 21, 2016

How Donald Trump Exemplifies the Grooming Process of Abusers

The last few weeks have felt overwhelming and discouraging to me as both an advocate...

October 19, 2016

John Piper, Children & Suffering – Part 1

Image: Pixabay I don’t normally frequent the Desiring God site as my theology has taken...

October 18, 2016

3 Things to Teach Children about the Cross

What is God like? Jesus showed us! In every Gospel story, Jesus showed us what...

October 13, 2016

Leaving Fundamentalism Is Like Moving Away

Leaving fundamentalism is a lot like moving to a brand new (to you) area of...

October 11, 2016

Parenting and Religion

Image: Pixabay I am a strong willed, first born, type A personality, but I am...

October 06, 2016

Stop Calling Donald Trump A Child

The 45th president of America: a man who revels in selfishness, whines when he does...

October 05, 2016

Why the Bible isn’t a Children’s Book

Seatbelts, helmets, goggles, floaties, face masks, knee pads. Safety first. These are measures of protection...

October 04, 2016

10 Signs You are an Unfundamentalist Christian Parent

Image: Canva Ever since I started gathering a community of Unfundamentalist Christian parents, people have...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Train Up a Child in the Way They Should Go, Not the Place They Should Be

The Irish poet William Butler Yeats says, “Education is not the filling of a pail,...

September 29, 2016

Kazoo Magazine for Girls – A Review

The TL;DR version: It's SO good It's just refreshing to have a magazine...

September 23, 2016

Protest as Mission

Many of us who grew up attending short term mission trips with our High School...

September 19, 2016

When I Became a Stay at Home Dad

Image: Pixabay My father left town when I was very young. I remember thinking about...

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