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January 2019

January 02, 2019

Sacred Forms: What is Sex?

What is sex? It seems like a straightforward question, but when we stop and think...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Sacred Forms: Menstrual Complications

Given how many different hormones and body parts are involved in the menstrual cycle, it's...

December 13, 2018

It’s Been a Tough Year for Survivors of Sexual Violence

In 2018, we couldn't turn on the TV or log into our social media accounts...

December 12, 2018

Sacred Forms: The Menstrual Cycle

The menstrual cycle may seem straight forward, but there's more going on than most people...

December 05, 2018

Sacred Forms: Basic Female Anatomy

Before getting into how a woman's body functions, it’s helpful to understand the equipment...

December 03, 2018

Desperately Seeking Bethlehem: Advent and Seasonal Depression

I don’t remember Thanksgiving 1999. I’ve tried to pull some shadow of a memory forward...

November 2018

November 28, 2018

Sacred Forms Series: An Introduction

I’m consistently surprised by just how little Christians tend to know about sex or the...

November 26, 2018

Understanding Sex Abuse: An Interview with Cyndie Randall, MA, LLPC

If we want to fight sex abuse in the church, the first step is educating...

November 13, 2018

What a Time to Be a New Catholic Convert

I was ten when my parents discovered Mennonites in northern Indiana. I have clear memories...

November 11, 2018

Adventures in Trying to Get to Mass

I tried to make it to Mass this weekend. We got one of those November...

November 06, 2018

6 Month Social Experiment on Ministry and Gender: An Interview with Rev. Melissa Fain

A friend of mine recently wrapped up a six-month online social experiment on ministry and...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Joshua Harris Stops Printing I Kissed Dating Goodbye

I didn’t grow up in the Catholic church, so I’m not sure how big of...

October 15, 2018

Anniversary of #MeToo: What Does It Take to Believe?

It's the first anniversary of #MeToo going viral. Last week was the 19th anniversary of...

October 14, 2018

An Active Afterlife

They said I was a morbid kid. Other kids wanted to visit Six Flags. I...

October 11, 2018

Let’s Be Trees

It’s peak color season where I live. I’m probably supposed to tell you, “The trees...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Social Media and Incidental Evangelization: Oops, You Just Converted Someone Again

A couple of weeks ago, a good chunk of my town went offline for over...

September 04, 2018

Finishing the Race

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

An Open Letter to Sexual Assault Survivors

Trigger Warning It wasn’t your fault. You were not complicit. You weren't complicit if you...

August 27, 2018

Discerning Spirits in the Age of #ChurchToo and Fake News

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you, and they will...

August 23, 2018

Pray. Fast. Act.

It’s taken me a few days to collect my thoughts after reading the Letter to the...

August 20, 2018

The World’s Largest Crucifix: When We Need God to be Big

About fifteen years ago, I was standing in the Christian section of a bookstore with...

August 17, 2018

PTSD and the Church: When Religion is a Trigger

I used to think I was the only person who experienced panic attacks inside church...

August 15, 2018

Ears to Hear: Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report

"Whoever has ears ought to hear." —Matthew 11:15 I’m working my way through the Grand Jury...

August 13, 2018

Suffering in the Multiverse

When I was nineteen, I worked as a drugstore cashier for a while. I usually...

August 09, 2018

The Power of the Laity to Support Victims

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there...

August 06, 2018

Touched by an Electric Razor

When I was sixteen, I was super into God. How into God? I made a...

August 02, 2018

5 Ways You Might Be Enabling Abuse in the Church

When we look at an abuse case, it’s easy to make the mistake of believing...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Weaponizing What’s Good

I grew up in a fundamentalist church. The first skit I ever wrote and performed...

July 26, 2018

I’m Bad at Things

I'm bad at a lot of things. I'm bad at remembering I'm boiling water. I'm...

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