Neo-traditional born-again dads
They show up for dinner, help with homework, lead the rituals of bedtime and park their butts in the bleachers when their kids are in action. They are heavy on discipline, but also eager to praise....
View ArticleAre there ‘virtual’ sins?
It has been a few weeks since the kids ripped off the Christmas wrappings and, after plugging in a few cables, soared off into the private universes inside their new video games. Since then, most of...
View ArticleGod, Barbies and girlie girls
It’s a question that can cause tension and tears in a circle of home-school moms in a Bible Belt church fellowship hall. It’s a question that can have the same jarring impact in a circle of feminist...
View Article‘Backsliders’ and the ‘unchurched’ equal the ‘Nones’?
Old-school preachers used to call them “backsliders,” those folks who were raised in the pews but then fled. Sociologists and church-growth professionals eventually pinned more bookish labels on these...
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