Radio Silence, What’s Next, and A Featured Article

My bovine maternal instinct kicks in.I feel it's been an unpardonably long time since I made any kind of post. I assure you, it's not due to laziness.First, I had to finish up the semester, a challenge all by itself. Then we left on vacation the day after my last set of papers was due.Vacation has been an amazing time to recharge and rethink some things, especially about the way I use technology....

Christian Feminism: Friend or Foe? Part 2

As we saw in yesterday's post, a recent article made the argument that feminism is unnecessary for Christians, and I gave my view on why that’s not so. As promised yesterday, I want to spend this post examining the second main objection that Walsh raised against feminism (again, with the understanding that I am picking on his article because it represents a widely-held view among many...

Christian Feminism: Friend or Foe? Part I

A recent article warned Christian women (and men, in parentheses) that Feminism Is Not Your Friend. It asked whether feminism and Christianity are incompatible.This is a question many Christians on both sides of the aisle are asking. (For those who don’t know, “the aisle” means the divide between Christian complementarians and egalitarians. Complementarians believe the Bible teaches a...

Modesty Battles and the Role of the Fashion Industry

With April nearly on us and summer around the corner, do you dread the start of the modesty battles as much as I do?You know what I’m talking about. Someone writes a blog post urging girls to embrace modest dress in an effort to prevent lust. Someone else writes a response post discussing how this attitude hurts women. More posts pop up. All of them get shared on Facebook. The comment section...