Sharon Hodde Miller is a writer and a doctoral student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Her husband is also pursuing his PhD in Systematic Theology, which means they have lots of interesting conversations and many, many study dates! Before beginning her PhD in Educational Studies, Sharon earned her Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School. She also worked for Proverbs 31 Ministries, has served as a college minister, and has written for LifeWay’s Collegiate Magazine, Ungrind, Cultivate Her, and Gifted for Leadership, in addition to her personal blog, SheWorships.com.
Cross-Gender Friendships: What’s Appropriate for Married People? | A new model suggests married men and women can be best friends—and not with their spouses. Think again. (April 18, 2012)
Mike Daisey, Apple, and Our Culture’s Crisis in Truth-Telling | Are “emotional truths” acceptable if they lead to greater awareness? How we answer matters a great deal. (March 28, 2012)
What A Flight Attendant’s Outburst Revealed About My Own Fear | The scare revealed I am more afraid of death than I should be. (March 12, 2012)
‘Am I Pretty?’: A Troubling Question Among Christian Women Like Me | I have more in common with the girls asking “Am I ugly?” on YouTube than I care to admit. (March 9, 2012)
Unplanned Parenthood: The Blessing of an Inconvenient Pregnancy | For many women, pregnancy reveals just how far we’ve bowed to the god of control. (February 16, 2012)
Why Women Leave the Church—and Come Back Again | Jim Henderson’s ‘The Resignation of Eve’ offers first-hand accounts (and no small amount of editorializing) of women struggling in local congregations. (January 20, 2012)
How ‘Moddest Is Hottest’ Is Hurting Christian Women | What the phrase communicates about female sexuality and bodies. (December 15, 2011)
Yes, We Can Learn Something from the Kardashian Fiasco | Family and friends should support the couple, not pick sides. (November 7, 2011)
Why It’s Your Job to Break the Women’s Ministry Stereotype | Sure, some of us are choking on cutesy things, but many of us are working towards a new model of discipleship. (October 11, 2011)
Real, Authentic Authenticity | It’s an attribute that disappears as soon as it’s intentionally sought. (September 22, 2011)
Peta to Launch Porn Site | The group’s newest and wholly misguided campaign overshadows a kernel of truth about animal suffering. (August 31, 2011)
Taming the Twitter Tongue | Why I’m still not tweeting. (August 16, 2011)
The Newest U.S. Mission Field: Women | In order to reach educated and professional women, Christian women must be able to articulate what they believe and why. Is the church equipping them (August 9, 2011)
Much Ado About Mark Driscoll | What do we do when Christian leaders are imperfect? (July 15, 2011)
How to Talk about Having Children | Maybe God intended babies to mess with our well-planned lives. (June 22, 2011)
Schwarzenegger, Strauss-Kahn, and Power | Why power is so often spiritual poison. (May 23, 2011)
Gender Differences: All in the Brain | Recent findings from neuroscience highlight why the church needs diversity in order to thrive. (May 16, 2011)
Sex Sells – So Does Virginity | Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove is being marketed as the embodiment of purity in a sex-saturated culture. Why Christians should be concerned. (April 27, 2011)
Toddlers, Tiaras, and Surviving Princess Mania | A review of journalist Peggy Orenstein’s new book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. (March 1, 2011)
The No-Makeup Spiritual Discipline | Why going out in public without mascara and blush is an act of Christian discipleship (for me, anyway). (February 8, 2011)