“Can Guys and Girls Be Friends?”
When I first heard of the Billy Graham Rule as a teenager, it sounded commendable.
The Patron Saint of Sexually Unfulfilled Women
She never condemns or criticizes anyone for their own unique experiences.
Jesus Swipe!
My experience on Upward has largely been a strange dance—two people wobbling with Jesus awkwardly in the middle.
Mine Is the Easy Job
All I must do is mourn with those who mourn, offer my voice to those who can’t find the words, condemn hate and harm.
Tone, Not Substance
The denomination would like for things to be settled.
A Sex Education
We get married. We have sex. The world doesn’t feel different once it happens.
Thank You, Neland Avenue
I am grateful to be a daughter of Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church because it matters still, to see so many people who care about the things that so deeply trouble me in the world and in the church.
The Single Talk
If we are not committed to friendship, if we do not grieve and fight and ask questions alongside them, then we are the church but hardly a community.
Grace for the Gray
I placed sex firmly in the “bad” category, to be retrieved only after I walked down an elusive aisle to a man I probably wouldn’t meet for at least a decade.
What Does the HSR Mean by “Confessional”?
When it comes to a moment like the one in which the CRC finds itself, semantics matter.
