How I Changed My Mind About Evolution
February 26, 2017
The authors of Adam and the Genome each share their personal story about how they came to believe that God could have created via evolution. In fact, their stories are included in the book How I Changed My Mind About Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science. Here is my story: Although my father was […]
You Can Believe in God and Evolution Too
February 27, 2017
I’ve blogged elsewhere about my personal journey to acceptance of evolution, and about the books that I’ve found helpful along the way. To accept the Truth of both evolution and a divine Creator, we must think differently about some things. First, we must engage the possibility that God uses evolutionary processes to create and sustain […]
Solidarity
March 4, 2017
According to Webster, the definition of solidarity is “unity (as of a group or class) that produces, or is based on, community of interests, objectives, and standards.” Lech Walesa famously led the first labor union “Solidarity” in a communist country in the 1980s. In December 2015, Larycia Hawkins donned a hijab in “solidarity” with Muslim […]
A Lace-maker Analogy
May 9, 2017
I make lace. Lace-making transforms a tangled mess of yarn into an ordered pattern of beauty with loops and holes. This is a lace curtain that I made for the window beside our door.(Leaf and Trellis pattern from Jane Sowerby’s Victorian Lace Today) You can see more examples of my lace at the end of […]
What’s A Girl To Believe (About Evolution)?
July 9, 2017
There are so many voices tugging and pulling me in all different directions. Every day. On the news. On social media. At work. In my neighborhood. At my home. From my family of origin. As a Christian, I desire to practice embodied allegiance to Christ my King. But how do I sort through the drivel […]
The Sin Next Door
March 11, 2017
I was interviewed for this documentary about Gothard and IBLP, the organization that published the heinously sinful counseling materials in the photo above. Kyrie Eleison.
The Civics Project
January 23, 2017
Are you interested in understanding the differences that are currently dividing our country? The Civics Project provides a thoughtful space to consider the current events and issues that everyone seems to be fighting about. The Civics Project uses the Republican and Democratic Party Platforms from the 2016 US General Election as a jumping off point. […]
Research
January 23, 2017
My research interests include how grace and faith is internalized efficaciously in mature Christians, and the impact of legalism on the psychological development of teens and young adults. For my fieldwork and internship at TEDS, I conducted a study of current and former participants in ATI/IBLP homeschooling, and the impact on those participants of the […]
Can the Pope Change the Pater Noster?
December 11, 2017
He can, but should he? Pope Francis has created some controversy recently by taking issue with the traditional translation of the line “Lead us not into temptation” in the Lord’s Prayer. His reasoning is that God Himself doesn’t lead us to sin. There is some merit to changing this. While there are some extreme Calvinists […]
Legalism – Definitions
November 18, 2017
Legalists – a) declare what one must do to obtain God’s favor; b) declare what one must do to retain God’s favor; c) insist that Biblical rules are so important that new (man-made) ones need to be created around the Biblical ones, e.g. Talmud, man-made hedge of protection; d) focus on obedience to the Law […]