Rape-Marriage of Nigerian Girls is ‘Biblical Marriage’
Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls have been ripped from their desks and chairs, notebooks and pencils,…
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Catholic Healthcare Is Not the Enemy
I refuse to accept that Catholic health care providers don’t care about women or the poor, or that they’re only interested in money and actively want to deny access to contraception to all women. This kind of oppositional politics is unworthy of both feminism and faith.
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Evangelical Pastor Argues for Full LGBT Inclusion: “I Think It’s Inevitable”
“Evangelicalism is a very diverse, broad movement and there are many different expressions. I think, very shortly, there will be an expression of evangelicalism which will be inclusive of LGBT people.”
Read MoreThe Internet Is Not Killing Religion, Religion is Killing Religion
Has religion run its course in western culture?
Read MoreHeaven is All-American
Heaven is for Real isn’t about young visionary Colton or angels or even God. It’s about Rev. Burpo’s ongoing exisential crisis.
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Spiritual Unplugging, Or What to Do When There is Wifi at the Ashram
A wired journalist finds himself reaching for his phone during silent meditation—and stops to reflect on the deeper meaning of that reflex.
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A Good and/or Bad Friday
Faith got me though my cancer even as I considered and dismantled the apparatus of faith that had been installed in my head.
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Duggar Daughters Talk Sex, Courtship, and Fear of Ungodly Men
The Duggar daughters’ message is clear and stark. Ladies: Men can be frightening and dangerous. Your best defense is preventative. Turn inward and make yourself a Godly woman worthy of a Godly man…or risk abuse.
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Passover with Mohammed: A Jewish Journalist in Yemen
Khalid nods towards me, his eyebrows rising slightly. I hadn’t yet told Khalid or anyone else that I met in Yemen that was a Jew. It hadn’t come up, it didn’t matter, I told myself. But I was also afraid of how they would react.
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Why Christians Should Not Host Their Own Passover Seders
When people learn that, as a lifelong and practicing Christian, I am married to a Jewish man and that we practice both religions in our house, I often become the safe person to ask about Judaism. I like this advocate role for the opportunity it gives me to gently encourage folks to look at ways in which their privilege as a member of a majority population can sometimes cause them to cause offense.
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