Making a financial success of a new book is not an easy business in the age of the internet, especially […]
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Sunlight, The church and exclusion
Deuteronomy 22:13-21 is one of the scarier passages for impressionable young Christian women, as it seems to hold up pre-marital
There was some justifiable outrage recently when rapper T.I. said that he had a gynaecologist annually test that his daughter’s
About that virginity test in Deuteronomy 22: it’s not what you think Read Post »
Deuteronomy 22, Moonlight, Virginity in the Old Testament
John MacArthur was recently asked what he thought of Beth Moore. In addition to telling her to ‘go home’, he
The Old Testament laws on sex, adultery and rape, particularly those in Deuteronomy 22:13–29, are a sensitive topic to say
Why do I care so much about Old Testament laws? (And the rape laws in particular) Read Post »
Deuteronomy 22, Moonlight, My blogging, Rape in the Old Testament
You’ll get the most out of this post if you first read the previous one. Basically, I went to a
When I first read the interview in which Christian singer-songwriter Vicky Beeching came out as a lesbian (after a substantial
Evangelicals can’t sanitise Vicky Beeching’s conversion exorcism as badly worded prayers Read Post »
Firelight, The church and exclusionHistorically, I’ve not been one to put much store in icons of saints. Coming from a Protestant background, visual images
Whose values will I embody? On recent politics, St Paul, and Frozen. Read Post »
My faith, Starlight
“What would you say your favourite series of films, books or TV shows would be?” my husband asked. I kept
More than memories: why I am not afraid of losing our holiday to epilepsy Read Post »
My faith, Starlight
As I finally come to write reviews of this last cluster of books from 2017 I realise that I’ve probably
Books of 2017: Titles for those who are looking outside the box Read Post »
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With the recent trending of the hashtag #ChurchToo, people are sharing their experiences of abuse in the church. Meanwhile, others
45 reasons why the culture behind #ChurchToo fails to understand consent Read Post »
#churchtoo, Abuse dynamics, Firelight, The church and consent, The church and exclusion
