I haven’t thought about “separation” much since leaving Fundy-land, a less-than-magical place where every decision I made as a Christian had to be run through a sieve of questions to be sure I wasn’t running afoul of the Doctrine of Separation. Separation from sin is what defines Fundamentalism from Evangelicalism […]
When the NYT writer understands that we can’t make a rule big enough to solve the problem of sexual harassment, I have to stand up and cheer… and repost. The answer is not to ask women to leave the room. It’s to hold all men in the room accountable, and […]
An outstanding post on Modesty – I couldn’t have said it better myself. Brava, Rachel Held Evans. What I’ve only just begun to realize is that these two extremes represent different sides of the same coin. While popular culture tends to disempower women by telling them they must dress to […]
Why moralism is not the Gospel–and why so many Christians think it is
Wrapping up my series of posts on Grace-based discipline in a school setting. While most of my posts are wrapped in a lot of Bible language, I want to point out that everything I’m saying is fully applicable to any setting, public or private, religious or secular. Treating kids with […]
