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How the Church Talks
by Cassie Westrate | Jun 15, 2018 | Placeless
And you know what happens next? An adulterous Samaritan woman becomes history’s first recorded evangelist. Church, can we talk about that?
Purity
by Will Montei | Jun 14, 2018 | Placeless
I think there is a divine vision at the root of “purity” that remains a potent challenge today: that apart from oneself, on the other end of every sexual encounter is another self equally as mysterious and indefinable as existence.
Terrified of the One-Eyed Snake
by Catherine Kramer | Jun 13, 2018 | Placeless
Peak Allison Janney right here, but with numerous parental triggers: “engorged,” “testicle retrieval,” “heinous bitch,” and of course, “Reginald’s quivering member.”
Just One
by Abby Zwart | Jun 12, 2018 | Grand Rapids
I know some churches are trying. “Singles group” is a thing. But really? That’s depressing on a good day, patronizing on a bad one.
God’s Orgasm
by Elaine Schnabel | Jun 11, 2018 | Placeless
Why do we expect God to be sexually pure? As a woman, it’s fun to realize God and I have that in common.
If God is Love
by Jenna Griffin | Jun 10, 2018 | Placeless
Your body is not your enemy. And if you think it is, then treat it like an enemy: love it. Do good to it. Bless it. Pray for it.
The Sex Talk I Never Had
by Bart Tocci | Jun 9, 2018 | Massachusetts
Could my parents have admitted they were too busy or uncomfortable to teach me? Yes.
Am I mad, bro? No.
A Christian Teenager’s Guide to Resisting Temptation
by Paul Menn | Jun 8, 2018 | Placeless
To the Church’s credit, I did not have premarital sex as a teenager. But there was also a lot of damage done.
A Letter to My Daughter (Should I Have One)
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Jun 7, 2018 | Placeless
Wear your womanhood however you prefer. Wear it as a low-cut tank top and your short-shorts in the park, drinking lemonade.
Condom Nation
by Josh deLacy | Jun 6, 2018 | Placeless, Washington
Those who drive sex education policies, it would seem, care more about ideology than accuracy—more about ideology, in fact, than effectiveness, teen moms, or lifelong diseases, either.
Sex: A Knowing
by India Daniels | Jun 5, 2018 | Placeless
Daunted by the rightness of wrong, by the wrongness of right, by the thought that this is the nature of knowledge we inherit.
In a Day or Two
by Caitlin Gent | Jun 4, 2018 | Placeless
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hope for an afterlife like that—one where everything is shiny and my partner and I look like we’re thirty for the rest of our lives.
Look at the Women
by Meg Schmidt | Jun 3, 2018 | Placeless
You want to talk about how to teach young girls to love themselves? Or to believe that their bodies are temples, and not objects of shame?
Sex: A Reading List
by Carolyn Muyskens | Jun 2, 2018 | Placeless
Nagoski takes a thoroughly researched, science-based approach to dispel myths about female sexuality and to explain how the body and mind are inextricable in all things to do with relationships.
Virginity: An Education
by Katerina Parsons | Jun 1, 2018 | Placeless
Chapter 8: Religious Studies II
“There is no such thing as a condom for the heart. Once you have had sex, you are never quite the same.”
-“Pure Again,” Focus on the Family
Call for Audition Submissions
by Abby Zwart | May 31, 2018 | Placeless
We have several openings for new writers beginning this August, and we’d love for you to audition!
Trees and Clouds
by Jerry Grieser | May 30, 2018 | Placeless
In a past life, I would have said that I would rather be a cloud.
The Humanity of Teaching
by Jackie Hubbard | May 29, 2018 | Placeless
The second we try to love without sacrifice is the second we have lost sight of love entirely.
Increasing Empathy
by Matt Coldagelli | May 28, 2018 | Placeless
Ask yourself, “What if I’m wrong?”
Mining the Abyss
by Brad Zwiers | May 27, 2018 | Placeless
When it came time for “Floating in the Forth,” the sold-out crowd sang along with Scott: “I think I’ll save suicide for another year!” I fought back tears.
Blessed are the IT Professionals
by Nick Meekhof | May 26, 2018 | Michigan
I promptly forgot my Apple ID and password the day I got my first smartphone, and so I haven’t gotten a new app in about 4 years.
To Fix Written English
by Jack VA | May 25, 2018 | Placeless
Every letter must only be assigned a single sound. Every sound in the English language must be represented as a letter. Each letter should be based on a regular Roman glyph with minimal, intuitive diacritic use.
Concrete
by Lauren (Boersma) Harris | May 24, 2018 | Placeless
It sits there, heavy.
Pot holed.
The cold, hard facts.
Junctions
by Julia LaPlaca | May 23, 2018 | Chicago, Illinois
While at home, I went on a walk, remembering how, after a long rain, the air would smell like cupcakes or Cheerios as the fumes from General Mills wafted over the trees and rooftops.
The Flowers in Seattle
by Gabe Gunnink | May 20, 2018 | England, Washington
Never before in my life have I been physically stopped in my tracks by the scent of flowers. Never until I moved to Seattle.
An Argument for Driving through Flyover Country
by Mary Margaret Healy | May 19, 2018 | Placeless
I think you’ll come to appreciate the vibrancy of the human spirit that started living there because someone had to.
Enter Toph
by Ben DeVries | May 18, 2018 | Indiana
I spent a good chunk of my prewriting time for this blog post keeping Satan at bay.
Stay Bold, Ponyboy
by Tony Ditta | May 17, 2018 | Placeless
People go nuts over the fact that most people think they’re above average.
Here’s My Dirty Laundry
by Cassie Westrate | May 15, 2018 | Placeless
While I may have left the country a little more informed, I was mostly confused and overwhelmed about how to live life in a broken world with eight billion people who all needed food, clean water, shelter, education, and community.
Christianity at Present
by Will Montei | May 14, 2018 | Placeless
Christianity did not remain relevant in the events of the world at large for two thousand years because of strict adherence to dogma.
