11 Reasons Wonder Woman Is a Good Role Model for Christian Girls
1. Wonder Woman’s super suit coverage is acceptable beach attire for our mothers in our Christian mothers’ eyes (1 Tim 2:9; NB: no bellybutton, buttocks or bosoms hanging out). Bonus: ride-up threat...
View Article6 Short Fiction Stories That Might Simplify Scripture
1. Boys are socialized to acknowledge that, um, sewing is their ancient craft as much as it’s the girls’. The serpent said to the man, “You will not surely die, for God knows that when you eat of it...
View ArticleFree Candy, No War, and The Giver
Guest-blogger Andrea Adams is a middle school English teacher in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her work has been published in Alive Now and other devotional and educational venues. She continues to learn...
View ArticleDivergent Gifts of the Spirit
Which Harry Potter character are you? What percent redneck are you? What breed of dog are you? Quizzes pepper my Facebook newsfeed, with friends posting their results. I don’t usually take the quizzes...
View ArticleDystopia, Fantasy and Ferguson
Here’s what I learned from Racism in seminary. The color of my skin means that irrespective of my actions, words, thoughts or intentions, I participate in white privilege. There is nothing I can do...
View ArticleHermione and Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles
“Put your glass down so you don’t choke or spill,” writes a friend seconds before she siccs Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles on me. Someone using the handle proudhousewife has rewritten Harry...
View ArticleMy Cat Reconsiders Richard Beck’s Awesome-God Critique
A couple of years ago, Tony Jones wrote, “A Challenge to Progressive Theo-Bloggers.” Richard Beck answered the challenge by pulling out an old post, “Your God Is Too Big.” Last week, a friend read...
View ArticleWhat Does LLAP Mean?
How many times did Star Trek kill off Mr. Spock, only to resurrect him? And yet—with apologies to Zachary Quinto—he won’t be coming back this time. Mr. Nimoy | Mr. Spock Leonard Nimoy, who played the...
View ArticleChewie, We’re Home!
“I just hope they do it right this time,” I worry this morning as I scurry off to cook my young Padawan’s grits. “It’s J. J. Abrams!” shouts my husband after me. “You know what he did with Star Trek!”...
View ArticleFrom Pluto to Plutoid
In 1930 the ninth planet was discovered. A month later it was officially christened Pluto for the Roman god of the underworld, a name suggested by an 11-year-old girl. School children added Platte to...
View ArticleBilly Joel, George R. R. Martin, and Job
Guest blogger Dawn Duncan Harrell is author of Ten Ways to Pray. You can find her at dawnduncanharrell.com. Locked You Away My sister thought we were a bunch of boring, goody-two-shoes and we needed to...
View ArticleSpin, Laugh, Pray
Guest blogger Dawn Duncan Harrell is author of Ten Ways to Pray: A Short Guide to a Long History of Talking with God.* You can find her at dawnduncanharrell.com. Did you don zebra and gyrate with...
View ArticleHunting Satan
Guest blogger Dawn Duncan Harrell is author of Ten Ways to Pray. You can find her here and read more here. “So is evil a force like gravity, the propensity to serve self at the expense of the other, or...
View ArticleZombie Jesus Saves
Guest blogger Dawn Duncan Harrell is author of Ten Ways to Pray. You can find her at dawnduncanharrell.com. I thought zombies were dead. I can’t abide those movies. I can’t even watch the trailers....
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