Monthly Archives: August 2014

On loving dogs and being loved by God

August 29, 2014 Karen Swallow Prior

When a family member dies, the bereft are offered sympathy, support, and condolences, from meals and visits, to cards and flowers, to the funeral service, burial, and beyond. Not so when the family member that dies is a pet. Read…

Church and Ministry

Thoughts On The Timing Of HSLDA’s “Line In The Sand” Statement

August 29, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

We home schooled our children from 1992–2004. During those years, home schooling was not yet mainstream. Like many other families worried about running afoul of truancy laws, we paid our yearly dues to the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)…

Culture

Marriage and Mating Rites

August 27, 2014 Karen Swallow Prior

If marriage is a sacrament, then the way in which practices that lead to marriage function as liturgies deserves attention. Read more: http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/08/marriage-and-mating-rites

Spiritual Formation

40+ And The Church / The Sermon Zone

August 26, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

At a social event last weekend, I ran into C., a woman I used to know when our kids were young. C. and her family were long-time, active members of a well-known megachurch in our area. Her nest had been…

You Learn Something New Every Day

August 26, 2014 Katherine Willis Pershey

So, once upon a time - about three days ago - I was totally bewildered by all those fancy emoticons people used on social media. I knew how to make a smiley face, a winking face, and a sticking-your-tongue-out face.…

Faith and Doubt

Found Wanting: Deborah Kurtz, “I wanted a husband.”

August 26, 2014 Jen Pollock Michel

I am curating stories for a blog project called, “Found Wanting.” (If you’d like to submit a guest post, learn more here.) During Jesus’ earthly ministry, it was not uncommon for him to approach the sick and sin-sick with this…

Go and Learn This: Mercy

August 25, 2014 Marlena Graves

Today something happened that brought these words of Jesus to mind: “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice’” (Matthew 9:13). When I got home, I then thought about this verse in connection with the first one…

“Failure Is A Beautiful Gift Wrapped In An Ugly Package”

August 21, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

I remember seeing an announcement a few years ago for the first Epic Fail pastors gathering, and wondering if the idea was an Onion-inspired joke. No pastors I knew – and I knew a lot of them from my time…

Marriage and Family

A few places I’m showing up…

August 21, 2014 Gillian Marchenko

A few places I’m showing up… I wanted to make sure you know about a few places I’m showing up these days both online and in print. About Down syndrome I have an article up at Today’s Christian Woman called…

Church and Ministry

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

August 20, 2014 Amy Julia Becker

An interview with Dominique Gilliard “We must face the fact that in America, the church is still the most segregated major institution in America. At 11:00 on Sunday morning when we stand and sing and Christ has no east or…

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Monthly Archives: August 2014

On loving dogs and being loved by God

Thoughts On The Timing Of HSLDA’s “Line In The Sand” Statement

Marriage and Mating Rites

40+ And The Church / The Sermon Zone

You Learn Something New Every Day

Found Wanting: Deborah Kurtz, “I wanted a husband.”

Go and Learn This: Mercy

“Failure Is A Beautiful Gift Wrapped In An Ugly Package”

A few places I’m showing up…

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

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