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June 2017

June 19, 2017
It’s hard for a five-year-old to stay quiet for any stretch of time. It’s also...
June 16, 2017
It’s summer! Many families experience a change of routine as school is out and warmer...
June 14, 2017
We unfortunately do not have many stories about Jesus’ childhood in the Christian Gospels. Only...
June 09, 2017
Robert Coles, a Harvard professor and student of children’s lives, sees “children as seekers, as...
June 06, 2017
I went back to school for a master’s degree in counseling psychology in preparation for...
June 05, 2017
When I read the article, Are We Raising Persecution Ready Kids? I remembered with a...
June 02, 2017
*Spoiler alert* What kind of an unfundamentalist (read: feminist) parent would I be if I...
June 01, 2017
What do people mean, exactly, when they refer to ‘biblical parenting’? The Bible isn’t a...
June 01, 2017
Lately, I’ve been struck by the power of names. I’ve been struck by the courage...

May 2017

May 31, 2017
Whenever the topic of corporal punishment comes up, it seems inevitable that someone will argue...
May 29, 2017
Reza Aslan (Muslim) and Jessica Jackley (Christian) tells their love story and marriage as an...
May 26, 2017
According to PEW, the SBNR (Spiritual-But-Not-Religious) demographic continue to grow, particularly among Millennials. This demographic...
May 24, 2017
Children are not simply to submit to authorities, whether those authorities are parental or governmental....
May 22, 2017
Sherry asks, My youngest recently asked me if he is going to hell, he says,...
May 19, 2017
How do we raise kids to be advocates for social justice? This is a central...
May 17, 2017
I was raised to believe what sets Christianity apart from other religions is how God...
May 15, 2017
More and more, churches are waking up to the reality of child abuse in their...
May 12, 2017
Our best conversations usually happen around the dinner table. Between bites of mac and cheese...
May 10, 2017
Image: Unsplash Gas lighting is a term to describe psychological manipulation inflicted on a victim...
May 08, 2017
A boy asks a girl out in sixth grade. She texts her Dad for advice...
May 05, 2017
I grew up with Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel teaching me how to “be prepared...
May 03, 2017
This is a view that I only see in progressive Christian circles. According to some...
May 01, 2017
*This is part of Ask Unfundamentalist Parenting series where I answer real life parenting dilemmas. You...

April 2017

April 28, 2017
  What is the central identity that Jesus took upon himself? Surely it was his...
April 26, 2017
Image: Unsplash Dear Children's Ministry, First, thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank...
April 24, 2017
I am honored to interview Carol Howard Merritt today on the blog for Unfundamentalist Parenting....
April 21, 2017
Image: Focus on the Family In 2009, during the aftermath of the economic crash, Brio,...
April 19, 2017
Image provided by Disney In fundamentalism, when a child misbehaves, it is to be expected...
April 17, 2017
Image: Unsplash “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into...
April 14, 2017
Image: Unsplash Holy Week can sometimes be thought of as Humility Week. Stories from this...
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