Hey Church, We Need to Talk About Consent
Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest! The few men who have kissed me did not ask
December 20, 2018
Topic: Sexuality
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Book Review: Breaking the Marriage Idol
Breaking the Marriage Idol by Kutter Callaway is not so much a book about marriage, but about the way we think about marriage in the
December 11, 2018
Book Review: Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
As I begin this review, I need to acknowledge that I was a teenager in the evangelical church as so-called “purity culture”—a term that refers
November 19, 2018
What I Wish the Church Had Told My Husband and Me About Sex and Consent
Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest. Enjoy! “Do you want a divorce?” My husband was momentarily
November 6, 2018
Book Review: Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire
Few evangelical Christians have not heard of pastor Mark Driscoll, and few are therefore unaware of his scandalous history at Mars Hill Church in Seattle,
October 30, 2018
The Nashville Statement: A Critical Review
This article first appeared in print in Eyes to See and Ears to Hear Women (Minneapolis: CBE International, 2018). It is not every day that a document
October 25, 2018
Jesus, Women, and Sexual Stigma (Finnish, English)
2018 “Created for Partnership” CBE International Conference The attitude of Jesus of Nazareth toward women bearing sexual stigma was quite exceptional compared to that of his
October 24, 2018
Created for Partnership … Especially through Mutual Intimacy (Finnish, English)
2018 “Created for Partnership” CBE International Conference How God’s Design for Equality in Marriage Has the Power to Strengthen Intimate Love What do Gen. 2:24-25
October 23, 2018
The Good News About Sex After Marriage: You Can Still Say “No”
Editor’s Note: This is one of our top 15 2018 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! “If you don’t have sex with your husband anytime he
September 27, 2018
Mutuality, Mystery, and Marriage: Love in the Song of Songs
When I was a teenager, I wrote dozens of love songs. Sappy, insipid love songs. Actually, I shouldn’t even call them love songs, since most
February 2, 2018