Once upon a time, a little girl sat in a field releasing the fuzz from seeded dandelions and watching the wind gather the wisps into the sky as it tousled her hair. Sometimes, she danced with the wind, her blue skirt swishing to synchronize with its rhythm. One day the whimsy of her dance ledContinueContinue reading “The Herdsman, the Maiden and the Coyotes: A Fable”
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Defending God? Or just loving God
The flogging scene in The Thorn from the 2009 production | Photo: Jonathan Betz Photography. Last spring, my friend Luke from the group of awesome online writers I hang out with shared a quote on Facebook that has haunted me, floating in and out of my daily conversations. “Rebuke no one, revile no one, notContinueContinue reading “Defending God? Or just loving God”
Purity rings: How I reclaimed a patriarchal evangelical tradition
I was one of those pre-teens longingly looking through the True Love Waits catalog back in the early 2000s. Wondering. Waiting. Somehow, I wanted to believe that wearing one of these rings and promising to keep my thoughts pure and my body untouched would magically cause the man God had prepared for me to appear,ContinueContinue reading “Purity rings: How I reclaimed a patriarchal evangelical tradition”
Harry Potter and Me, Part 2
If you haven’t seen it yet, this blog post will make more sense if you’ve read Harry Potter and Me, Part 1 first. Continuing on—here’s more issues anti-Potter articles often mention. Subjects That Hogwarts Students Study Besides magic and spells, there are a few other subjects that, on first glance, might appear to correspond to occultic practices in our world.ContinueContinue reading “Harry Potter and Me, Part 2”
Harry Potter and Me, Part 1
Most of you will probably either find this post either unnecessary if you came to this conclusion long ago or may be rather opposed to what I am about to say. Recognizing both positions, I consider my effort to be worthwhile if just one person stumbles across it in browsing the web and decides to start thinking for themselves from reading myContinueContinue reading “Harry Potter and Me, Part 1”
Eleanor Skelton 