On The Biblical Case for Spanking Our Kids (or, uh, Maybe Not)

Since I have written a book on someone else’s blog, I thought I should probably move it over here to mine.  For some reason, this woman’s posts really grabbed me.  Those of you who’ve known me for some years will recognize her posts, because they sound almost word-for-word like the ones I used to write.  [...]

Fam-Damily Update

 

I was going to write a brief brag about the fact that I’ve just potty-trained my fifth kid.  Don’t you think there should be a medal or something for this landmark achievement?  Though, admittedly, I’ve become a big slacker compared to my early days.  I mean, my first child (at 16 mos) got a potty chair for Christmas!  Shoot, I [...]

Why I (Speaking in Servant-Love) Believe Men Should Not be Church Leaders

10. A man’s place is in the army.
9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent.
8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It would be “unnatural” for them to do [...]

Hephzibah House in Indiana: Abuse Still Going On, Over 30 Years Later

It’s hard to try to explain the daily schedule at Hephzibah House.  Daily life was about so much more than just school and chores.  Each day was like a journey; you never knew which way the wind was going to blow.  It might be your lucky day, and the staff ladies would all be in [...]

On Gratitude and Stress, Whether Women Get to Grow Up or Not, and one HOT Husband

First, my best friend is doing a study (related to her degree) on using gratitude to combat stressors in parenting.  She needs participants and I thought some readers here might be interested.  Check out the details on Holy Experience blog.  It’s fun and it’s free. 
 Secondly, I recently put up a post at Complegalitarian about the lack of [...]

Formula Over Relationship: RED FLAG #1

After the “unsafeness” of the whacko church of my young-adult-met-Jesus days (that is, my Bible College, where I learned so much and yet also learned that the leader was getting cozy with some of the female staff, but with a doctrine of authority similar to the Shepherding Movement’s, we were taught it was more important to the Lord that we not [...]

One More Picture — “Arriving Home the Last Night of the Play”

Another optional title might be:
Woman Gets Seriously DELUGED with Attention From Her Honey (who delivered flowers and chocolate EVERY SINGLE NIGHT the Play ran, and that is no joke, and yes, those really are three dozen roses)!  Whataman. 
Or, then again, perhaps this title might be better:
What Happens to the Downstairs of a Home [...]

The King and I…Cometh!

The Big Bad Play is about to begin.  My daughter, Judah, is doing a great job as one of the royal children.  I’d love to tell you how brimming with confidence I am about the role of Tuptim, but, er, that would be lying.  An article about the upcoming production (with a pic of me) [...]

The Former “Biblical Patriarchalist” Muses on Gender Roles and Christ…

This was an excellent post (The Effect of Biblical Womanhood on a Woman’s Self-Image), albeit a few years old, from the Happy Feminist. I came from the world Crystal writes about (here, the comments being very enlightening) and I know well the way one thinks within it.
It is fair to say that these women, on the one hand, [...]

Parenting with Gentleness Series

Here is a collection of the recent posts here on thoughts about parenting with grace as the foundation:
The Intro
Guest post (from a treasured friend of mine, Tonia at Study in Brown):  ”FASD Teenagers, Adopting Special Needs and Loving in the Face of Unloveliness“
Guest post (from Becca, reader and appreciated contributor): “Abused Children Becoming Parents; Breaking the Cycle of [...]