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October 2017

October 02, 2017

When Your Christian Family is Not Perfect

The Perfect Christian Family You know the one, Dad is a well respected elder in...

September 2017

September 06, 2017

No, John Piper, Kids Do Not Delight to Fear Dads

“Kids delight to fear good Dads," a sermon by John Piper. It has long been established...

September 05, 2017

Back to School and Child Shaming

Of course, parents love their kids. But are viral rants, memes and jokes about their...

August 2017

August 16, 2017

Should I Have a Kid?

“Did you always know that you wanted to be a parent?” A few weeks ago...

August 15, 2017

Parenting with Shifting Faith – Kathy Escobar

"When you read the Bible, you are wondering how in the (expletive) am I supposed...

June 2017

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 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 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 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 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 19, 2017

The Gospel According to Moana

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

April 14, 2017

What Holy Week Means for Children

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

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 08, 2017

Every Christian is a Universalist at Baby Funerals

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

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 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...

December 2016

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 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...

October 2016

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 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 15, 2016

Intersectionality 101 for Kids – Resources

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

August 2016

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...

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