Topic
Confession
Jodie Foster's Confession (No, Not That One) Made Her My Hero
Relating to a frank and fragile voice of loneliness
January 17, 2013
Testify!
In nightclubs, coffeehouses, and iPods, true first-person storytelling is becoming a cultural force as it borrows from Christian tradition.
January 7, 2011
The Trouble with Confessing in Church
As blogger Anne Jackson's new book makes clear, our church culture will need to change before individual confession won't turn into gossip.
September 29, 2010
A Grace-filled Engagement
The main problem with most marriages, says Paul Tripp, is lack of submission—to God. A Review of 'What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage.'
August 12, 2010
I Have a Confession to Make
Why online confession booths like FamilySecret and Post Secret take us only so far.
November 20, 2009
The Definition of 'I Screwed Up'
Susan Wise Bauer, author of The Art of the Public Grovel, dissects Obama's apology.
February 9, 2009
Better to Gush than Hush
Susan Wise Bauer explains why Americans expect public contrition from leaders who play around in the bedroom.
October 24, 2008
The Only Hope for Monsters 
We can't defeat evil in the world without facing the evil in ourselves.
October 15, 2008
Young, Restless, and Ready for Revival
On-campus Christians are seeking holiness in unexpected numbers.
December 28, 2007
Do You Desire to be Told of Your Faults?'
How early Methodists practiced small-group accountability.
July 29, 2005
Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood
My difficult unplanned pregnancy impelled me to show a little more grace.
November 1, 2004
Passion Provokes Neo-Nazi Confession
Plus: Jesus returns (in the latest Left Behind novel), partial-birth abortion ban in court, Boise commandments monument moved from public park, Massachusetts gay marriage ban goes forward, and other stories from online sources around the world.
March 1, 2004
My Take: Why Anthony Weiner's public confession failed
Public confession is an act of humility. It is an act which lays down all power, giving it back to the people who handed it over in the first place. It is an act which admits that the politician is no better than us. In that act, Anthony Weiner failed. (Susan Wise Bauer, CNN)
More Emphasis on Confession Might Have Helped
Some pedophile priests hid behind a shield of psychology. (Mollie Hemingway, The Wall Street Journal)
Tiger Woods joins the band of elite transgressors
This confession has outraged some. The “Tiger Woods is God” website has been running for more than 10 years, but has now decided to disband. (The Telegraph)
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