Rachel Marie Stone
Rachel Marie Stone has contributed to Christianity Today, Relevant, Books and Culture, The Christian Century, Sojourners, catapult/*cino, and other publications, including her local newspaper, The Suffolk Times. Her first book, Eat With Joy: Redeeming God's Gift of Food, will be released by InterVarsity Press in March 2013. In addition to writing, Rachel is a Presbyterian (USA) mission co-worker who is headed, with her husband and two sons, to Malawi, Africa, in November 2012. You can find her blogging on food, family, faith, birth, and justice at rachelmariestone.com, or find her her on Twitter at @Rachel_M_Stone.
Breastfeeding in Church, and Other Petty Crimes
The act of breastfeeding is a picture of the care God gives us.
Why a Funeral Is Not the Time to Rejoice
We can let this season of Lent be Lent, so that Easter can be Easter.
John Piper and the Rise of Biblical Masculinity
Why many church leaders are tempted to confuse cultural norms with biblical truth.
How We Can Harness the New Domesticity Without Diminishing Women
Keeping house is part of God's work, too.
A Word to Michelle Duggar's Critics: What it Means to Publicly Grieve a Miscarriage
In a culture that doesn't have rituals for mourning a miscarriage, the Duggars' memorial service may become a helpful model.
Should Christians Take Antidepressants?: A Response
I've never heard Christians protest relieving the pain of childbirth. So why would they protest relieving major depression?
Why My Kids (Mostly) Don't Watch TV
Children need to interact with creation, not just observe it.
Adoption: A Long and Winding Journey
Like our adoption into God's family, earthly adoption can be complex and costly.
When Child Discipline Becomes Abuse
Inside the book that has recently been cited in three cases of child murder.
The Saving Grace of a Shared Meal
Recovering a lost tradition in Jesus' name.
Spanking in the Spirit?
In 'Corporal Punishment in the Bible', William Webb says pro-spankers like James Dobson and Wayne Grudem are less jot-and-tittle than they realize.
Inviting Christ to the Dinner Table
A conversation with theologian Norman Wirzba, author of 'Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating'.
Are Evangelical Women Primarily Interested in Parenthood?
Maybe many are, but there is so much more to the story. Welcome to Her.meneutics.
The Her.meneutics Gender Debates (Part 2)
We talk to theologian Russell Moore about Bachmann, the divorce culture, and why a feminist reading of Scripture would often be easier than a complementarian one.
The Gender Debates Come to Her.meneutics
In the first of a two-part series, we hear from egalitarian theologian William Webb on Michele Bachmann, slavery, and his 'redemptive-movement' reading of Scripture.
Why Gratitude Is Not Enough
Ann Voskamp's book 'One Thousand Gifts' threatens to turn thanksgiving into the key to our salvation.
A Daughter's Grief Observed
Meghan O'Rourke's luminous 'The Long Goodbye' traces the final months as her mother succumbs to cancer.
Reading Scripture with Sex Abuse Survivors
Elaine Heath's 'We Were the Least of These' offers a healing balm, but should be read alongside more traditional interpretations of Scripture.
Taste and Smell That the Lord Is Good
Molly Birnbaum's book 'Season to Taste' reveals how our sense of smell connects us to places and people.
A Horror Film about Childbirth
In aiming to spotlight infant and maternal mortality rates worldwide, Christy Turlington Burns's No Woman No Cry relies on fear instead of facts.
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