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January 2019

January 09, 2019
There’s no reason for a woman to expect pain the first time she has sex....
January 02, 2019
What is sex? It seems like a straightforward question, but when we stop and think...

December 2018

December 19, 2018
Given how many different hormones and body parts are involved in the menstrual cycle, it's...
December 13, 2018
In 2018, we couldn't turn on the TV or log into our social media accounts...
December 12, 2018
The menstrual cycle may seem straight forward, but there's more going on than most people...
December 05, 2018
  Before getting into how a woman's body functions, it’s helpful to understand the equipment...
December 03, 2018
I don’t remember Thanksgiving 1999. I’ve tried to pull some shadow of a memory forward...

November 2018

November 28, 2018
I’m consistently surprised by just how little Christians tend to know about sex or the...
November 26, 2018
If we want to fight sex abuse in the church, the first step is educating...
November 13, 2018
I was ten when my parents discovered Mennonites in northern Indiana. I have clear memories...
November 11, 2018
I tried to make it to Mass this weekend. We got one of those November...
November 06, 2018
A friend of mine recently wrapped up a six-month online social experiment on ministry and...

October 2018

October 23, 2018
I didn’t grow up in the Catholic church, so I’m not sure how big of...
October 15, 2018
It's the first anniversary of #MeToo going viral. Last week was the 19th anniversary of...
October 14, 2018
They said I was a morbid kid. Other kids wanted to visit Six Flags. I...
October 11, 2018
It’s peak color season where I live. I’m probably supposed to tell you, “The trees...
October 08, 2018
We’re at a turning point in history. It’s going to take a lot of work,...
October 01, 2018
Most sexual assault survivors are supportive of other survivors, but sometimes a sexual assault victim...

September 2018

September 25, 2018
A couple of weeks ago, a good chunk of my town went offline for over...
September 20, 2018
Let’s talk about crossing the line. It might not seem like a “church” issue, but...
September 04, 2018
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the...

August 2018

August 29, 2018
Trigger Warning It wasn’t your fault. You were not complicit. You weren't complicit if you...
August 27, 2018
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you, and they will...
August 23, 2018
It’s taken me a few days to collect my thoughts after reading the Letter to the...
August 20, 2018
About fifteen years ago, I was standing in the Christian section of a bookstore with...
August 17, 2018
I used to think I was the only person who experienced panic attacks inside church...
August 15, 2018
"Whoever has ears ought to hear." —Matthew 11:15 I’m working my way through the Grand Jury...
August 13, 2018
When I was nineteen, I worked as a drugstore cashier for a while. I usually...
August 09, 2018
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there...
August 06, 2018
When I was sixteen, I was super into God. How into God? I made a...
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