Heresy in the Heartland

Come, abide within me; Let my soul, like Mary, Be Thine earthly sanctuary. -Gerhard ter Steegen (1729) How many December sermons did I...

Among my favorite picture books as a child was the happy little story How God Gives Us Peanut Butter . With vivid, cheerful illustrations i...

What is virginity? It is a physical state, right? A clear line as yet uncrossed. A "before" condition that can be "lost...

I am reading through a journal I kept when I was fourteen. Some entries make me smile; others just make me shake my head. I have posted here...

Libby Anne 's post about Natural Family Planning this morning triggered some powerful flashbacks for me. Our experience with abstinen...

Bruce Gerencser has written an honest account of what it was like to be that happy man with a full quiver , both theologically and practica...

Decades ago, I cross-stitched a scripture motto for my parents from Psalm 127, the favorite psalm of large families. "Lo, children a...

The first juvenile executed in the North American colonies was a young servant of "about 16 or 17" named Thomas Granger, who was ...

Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, ...

    ...So he took [the Levite] into his house and fed his donkeys. After they had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink. ...

Quick history review: One hundred years ago, women in America were still marching for the right to vote. An American suffrage event ...