Rising from A Fundamentalist Childhood
What I don’t want is for the children to have to exile parts of themselves and having to put themselves back together like I had to, I want them to grow as whole selves, from childhood and beyond.
View ArticleThe Danger of Certainty in Adolescence
Be wild and weird and wonder if you know what the heck you’re doing, because it’s okay if you don’t.
View ArticleParents, It’s Okay if you’re Still a Recovering Evangelical
we carry wounds from a childhood of toxic religiosity that are easily triggered as we relive some of our childhood through our own kids.
View ArticleShould I Raise my Kids in Church?
Our goal should simply be to provide a safe environment for our children to live out their inherent spirituality.
View ArticleChild Abuse in the Near-Sacrifice of Isaac
Photo credit: rzrxtion (pronounced resurrection) on Visualhunt / CC BY “The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awaken,” says psychoanalyst Lloyd DeMause, who...
View ArticleFor the Deconstructing Parent
I hear parents say, “I just don’t know what to teach my children with all of my own questioning,”
View Article5 Ways Fundamentalism Hinders Emotional Literacy
For brain chemistry dysfunction leading to mental instability, often what people need are medication or professional therapy—not a pastor with an MDiv degree.
View ArticleTen Reasons The Original Sin Doctrine is Damaging for Children
Original Sin relegates behaviors that are developmentally normal as proof that children are rebellious instead of exploring children’s psychology and healthy development.
View ArticleShould We Teach Children to Turn the Other Cheek?
Theology, as is often true, is done best from the margins, including vulnerable children.
View ArticleChild Abuse in the Near-Sacrifice of Isaac
Photo credit: rzrxtion (pronounced resurrection) on Visualhunt / CC BY “The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awaken,” says psychoanalyst Lloyd DeMause, who...
View ArticleI Left My Church. How Do I Teach my Children Faith?
A faith community should never be a place you’re coerced or manipulated into participating—a healthy church should keep their doors wide open, both to welcome all in as well as to bless those who...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Parenting is the Best Strategy for Justice
Parents' hearts are soft, driving them into action that has impact.
View ArticleIs Evangelism to Minors Predatory…or Not?
Evangelism using coercion, violent stories, and wielding economic and cultural power over parents of children is predatory.
View ArticleAm I Still a Christian?
Out here, in this messy web of personal identity and political association, I am weary of being a Christian, precisely because I am so uninterested in negotiating that identity.
View ArticleBeth Moore and Fundamentalist Parenting
Isn’t that the Good News for our children? That they aren’t born to engage in power struggles against us, their parents? We welcomed them into our world so we can share in our power and joy and dreams....
View ArticleEpisode 21: Interfaith Parenting with Susan Katz Miller
One of the pillars of progressive faith parenting is inclusivity, connecting with people of all religions and faiths instead of drawing dogmatic boundaries. Because of this, I think it is a critical...
View ArticleEpisode 22: Surviving a Cult with Carly Gelsinger
We talk about why adolescents and teenagers are particularly drawn to community, supernatural experiences, and what it looks like to parent teens without taking advantage of their vulnerabilities.
View ArticleDeconstructing Heaven
As much as I find the Christian tradition, as well as other religious traditions’ versions of the after life fascinating, beautiful, and hopeful, I have to believe that it is also a total and complete...
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