Our Unhealthy Obsession with Pastors
In today's ongoing debate over women's leadership in the church, the discussion has focused on God's intention for men and women and which of them can preach, teach, and lead. But we've overlooked another factor: how the pulpit has become a coveted idol of ...
The Seminary Gender Gap
In the last several years, news outlets have drawn attention to a major cultural shift on college campuses: For the first time in our nation's history, the majority of university students are female.
This gender revolution gained attention after the 2010 U.S. Census ...
Suburbia Needs Jesus, Too
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 ...
Desperate for Their MRS. Degrees
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 ...
Where Have All the Women Leaders Gone?
I kissed dating goodbye when I was 19 years old. For me, the whole purpose of dating was to find a husband, a life partner, and on one fine fall day, I decided it was foolish to try and find a suitable match when I didn't even know myself. Who would I be trying to find ...
You Talk Like a Girl
Even if you've never heard of "vocal fry" or "upspeak," you probably hear people speak in these patterns every day.
Vocal fry is when someone's voice gets lower and turns gravely, usually drawn out at the end of a sentence. It's the sound ...
The Real Value of a College Education
All over the country, 17- and 18-year-olds are nervously awaiting college admissions' decisions. I remember my own chagrin in April of my senior year when, after tearing into a thin envelope from the University of Virginia, I learned I'd been wait-listed.
However, ...
Finding Faith After Spiritual Indoctrination
Samantha Field deconstructs her upbringing in a "cult-like" church in the South—reexamining the language, theology, and perspectives she grew up with to find for herself a truer understanding of Christianity. Homeschooled, she attended a conservative Christian ...
All Hail Maggie Smith
Dignity and gravitas are qualities that we rarely expect to find in our celebrities, but at age 78 and more popular than ever, Maggie Smith isn't our typical celebrity.
America has fallen in love with this silver-haired actress. Why do I watch Downton Abbey? Maggie ...
Big Theology for Little Kids
We go out of our way to answer kids' questions, no matter how silly. Last year, a British journalist got experts to respond to children's questions like "Can a bee sting a bee?" and "Why do I get hiccups?" and "If a cow didn't fart for ...
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