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Suburbia Needs Jesus, Too

Suburbia Needs Jesus, Too


May 21 2013
A woman's take on the New Radicals.

In college, my philosophy professor used to talk with affection about how his wife "schooled" him when they were first married. After hearing a Christian speaker on campus, he came home inspired and shared with his wife the speaker's message: that life was all ...

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Angelina Jolie's Breasts and the Bravery of Letting Go


May 20 2013
Refusing to let beauty become a trap.

Angelina Jolie's Breasts and the Bravery of Letting Go
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I heard the news of Angelina Jolie's mastectomy on NPR last Tuesday as I was driving to work. Several co-workers stopped by my office that morning to ask I what I thought about her decision to remove both her breasts to prevent her from getting breast cancer.

"I ...

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Auditing America's Political Integrity


May 20 2013
The IRS scandal, Benghazi incidents, and the disappointment of dishonorable leadership.

Auditing America's Political Integrity

The recent scandals swirling inside the beltway seem to have come one after another—Benghazi, the AP records seizure, the IRS audits. While investigations continue about the details of each, the incidents have been enough to raise bigger, broader questions of responsibility, ...

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Stay Sexy or Else? Well, Please Forgive These Mommy Hips


May 17 2013
When the joy of sex gets replaced by the fear of not being sexy enough.

Stay Sexy or Else? Well, Please Forgive These Mommy Hips

Some Christian marriage conferences and self-help books tell us it's up to the wife to stay looking great and try new things in the bedroom, to keep her husband satisfied and her marriage strong.

Mary DeMuth recently critiqued the popular "smoking hot wife" ...

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Desperate for Their MRS. Degrees


May 16 2013
Pressure to put a ring on it can distract from other pursuits and callings.

Desperate for Their MRS. Degrees
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In the mid-90s, at 18 years old, it never occurred to me that a woman would go to college for the primary purpose of securing a spouse. Even attending a conservative Christian college, I never heard the term "MRS. degree" until many years later, when I lived on ...

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'The Office' Shows Even TV Romance Isn't Picture-Perfect


May 16 2013
How Jim and Pam's struggling marriage saved the show's final season.

'The Office' Shows Even TV Romance Isn't Picture-Perfect
Danny Feld / NBC

For me, it wasn't love at first sight. The first time I ever watched The Office, the scenes felt awkward and the staff of Dunder Mifflin seemed weird. But it didn't take long before I fell for those quirky characters, and I've been watching ever since.

Sure, ...

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The Double Shock of Unexpected Pregnancy


May 15 2013
How faith meets this scary, stressful, but ultimately divine surprise.

The Double Shock of Unexpected Pregnancy
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"Nightmare."

"We're pissed."

"Like cancer patients with only months to live."

What catastrophic life event, we might ask, could provoke language of such profound hostility and dread?

Pregnancy. Twins!

A Babble blogger, writing under ...

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