The Authority of the Pulpit Versus the Worship of All Believers
Jon Zens has written The Body with One Part? in response to John Piper’s explanation of why women are not allowed to read Scripture or pray in …
Important Truths About Singleness, Marriage, and Parenthood
Yesterday David and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. In light of that, I’ve been trying to think of something meaningful to write about …
What’s With Paul and Women? By Jon Zens
Although we are led to believe that the Bible is full to the brim with passages supporting the hierarchtical/patriarchal/complementarian view, in …
Freedom for Women and the Centrality of Christ
The move to the new site was the culmination of several weeks of thinking, pondering, reading, praying, and talking with David. You know that …
More Terrible Quotes About Women From Christian History
When I was writing my A Woman’s Freedom in Christ series, I did one post entitled The Complementarian Argument from Historical Precedence. In …
Should Women and Children/Youth Read the Scriptures in Church?
Long time readers will already know that I’m pretty conservative in my theology and traditional when it comes to my worship style preference. We …
Introverts, the Work Place, and Mission Trips
Yesterday I read How to Accomplish More by Doing Less (no longer available) and my mind wandered about this topic. I thought about the idea of taking …
Should Children Learn Cursive Writing?
According to this article, forty-four states are eliminating cursive writing as a requirement in public schools. Keyboarding will be required. I can …
Simplicity, Downsizing, Gifts, Children, and Christmas
As is evident by the topics I write about here on my site, I am committed to simplicity, making deliberate choices, etc. But there is one area in my …
A Sample Kindergarten Homeschool Schedule for a Creative, Dreamer Child
Remember the post How a homeschooled dreamer does preschool math? A year later, here is a rough breakdown of how my kindergarten homeschool schedule …
Blessed With a Small Life
Is it a blessing to live a small life? My answer is a resounding, “Yes!” if that is where God has placed you. I’ve been reflecting …
What Is Church And Why Do We Go?
Recently we were on our way to church when in the course of playing with the stuffed animal Caroline had brought along the stuffed animal asked …