Top 10 Posts of the Summer

For those wanting to get back to the park and the poolside, here’s a retrospective round-up, a list of the most-read posts from June to September. Enjoy!

Her.meneutics October 14, 2010

(10) Confessions of a Church-Skipping Mom, by Ellen Painter Dollar // Comments: 33 Is it better to attend church burnt out and stressed, or occasionally stay home but miss corporate worship?

(9) Sexy Evangelism, by Amy Julia Becker // Comments: 31 Why our narrative about sex, dating, and marriage is a gospel priority.

(8) How Many Kids Should We Have? by Amy Julia Becker // Comments: 30 To answer the question, Christian couples need more than a few select Bible verses.

(7) Not Everyone Is Praying for Christopher Hitchens Today, by Karen Spears Zacharias, guest blogger // Comments: 38 I worry that Christians have jumped on praying for the atheist just to reaffirm their own faith.

(6) Little Girls and Single Ladies, by Elrena Evans // Comments: 13 The backlash to the video of 8-year-olds gyrating to Beyonce suggests there’s still hope for our culture.

(5) Why I Can’t Boycott Mel Gibson, by Anna Broadway, guest blogger // Comments: 48 And it’s not because he is “too talented,” as Salon wrote last week.

(4) Ooh La La over Lady Gaga, by Jennifer Grant, guest blogger // Comments: 32 Why I showed my son a music video from one of pop culture’s hottest artists.

(3) A New Message at the Strip Club-Church Showdown, by Margot Starbuck, guest blogger // Comments: 24 What happened when two Christian women entered the Fox Hole strip club in Warsaw, Ohio.

(2) An Open Letter to Anne Rice, by Karen Spears Zacharias, guest blogger // Comments: 56 What I see when I look at the church.

(1) Avoiding Old Flames on Facebook, by Jenell Williams Paris, guest blogger // Comments: 50 That it’s only a virtual friendship is all the more reason to stay away from it.

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