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$\"\"$ <\/a>A guest series by Molly<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In this engaging series of posts, Molly, a progressive Christians currently in\u00a0seminary,\u00a0composes an open letter to Joshua Harris, author of the enormously popular evangelical relationship manual,\u00a0 I Kissed Dating Goodbye<\/em><\/a>. Given the strong impact Harris\u2019 book has had on evangelical youth and on the development of\u00a0evangelicalism\u2019s\u00a0\u201cpurity culture,\u201d Molly\u2019s words are both well-timed and well worth a read.<\/p>\n

Part I: Developing Relational Intimacies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Part II: Developing Spiritual Intimacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Part III: Developing Emotional Intimacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Part IV: Self-Care and Casting Out Fear<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Part V: Developing Intellectual Intimacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Molly grew up in southern Louisiana and, after spending college partially\u00a0(emotionally and physically)\u00a0frozen in Iowa, somehow ended up in seminary where she\u2019s cuddling her inner demons by moonlight and wrestling her faith by daylight. She likes bellydance, historical combat, 80s cartoons, Pema Chodron, and wants to use her M.Div to found the Bene Gesserit sisterhood.\u00a0She doesn\u2019t have a blog yet, but maybe Libby will be generous enough to provide trackbacks when she does?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"