My nine-year-old and I have been spending some quality time together… in the middle of the night. She is the last of my four kids to come down with the Chicken Pox and thankfully she is almost over it. But for a couple nights, she simply couldn’t rest. So we made a bed for her…
Keith, to whom I must grant the “Best Follow-Up Questions Award,” made these comments after reading “Aren’t People Born Gay?” You say you have come to the conclusion that people are not “born gay”, but do you even have the option of coming to the conclusion that they are? I think not. To do so would…
As I scroll through the blogs tagged “Christianity” tonight, many of them are promoting more scripture reading in 2013. Of course, being the sweet and mild pastor’s wife that I am, I clearly favor copious amounts of Bible reading. However, as I look around my immediate Christian world, I see very few of us who…
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A Facebook friend of mine posted a link on my page called “An Open Letter from Christians to Gay People.” I wrote “A Biblical Letter from Christians to Gay People” in response. To all gay persons, For the times when those who call themselves Christians have bullied, condemned,…
In response to my post “Be the Church” Keith writes: It seems as if Adam Lanza was a church attendee. So, The Church, “God’s prescriptions for mental health”, was in this case, unable to overcome the effect of Adam’s broken home. I love the adage “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more…
Like the rest of the nation, my husband and I have been pondering what could have been done to prevent a tragedy like the one in Sandy Hook, or the theater in Aurora, or Columbine, or, or, or… In ministry we get to see God’s hand at work in even the most difficult situations. But we have…
When I first became a Christian, I remember having serious questions about many social issues. Sometimes my especially difficult inquiries were met, not with historical proofs or apologetic reasoning, but with the flustered response “The Bible says it. I believe it. That settles it.” There was a time when that response would satisfy. A time when many…
Question from a reader: Despite all the points you mentioned, the vast majority of Jews at the time (the very people Jesus tried to preach to) rejected Jesus and the New Testament. What does that tell you? Either the Jews are right, or Christians are right, not both. The Bigot’s response: There are over 300…
A few weeks ago, I caught the end of an NPR interview with Andrew Solomon about his book “Far From the Tree.” Interviewer Robert Siegel asked Solomon about his own “post-nuclear family.” Solomon explains: When I met John, who is now my husband, he told me that he had had some friends, Tammy and Laura,…
Someone discovered my blog today using the search terms “Questions to ask bigot Christians.” I don’t think I’ve personally met a Christian bigot. I am honored to commune with some of the most caring, intellectual, and self-sacrificing Christ-followers. Many, perhaps a majority, of us have a parent, uncle, brother, sister, cousin, co-worker or dear friend…
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