Changes Ahead

“…When a person speaks or writes or sings or paints about breathtaking truth in a boring way, it is probably a sin.” -John Piper (HT: Beauty from the Heart)

Inconsistent as I have been lately, I still believe that writing (and for this time, blogging) is a calling God has placed on my life. I want to honor that and do my best, instead of churning out entries I haven’t put my heart into. With that in mind, here are a few of the updates I hope to make within the coming days and weeks.

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher is a book I just began to read. I read some of it during college. Pipher analyzes the culture’s influence on young teenage girls from a psychological, secular, feminist perspective. Needless to say, I disagree with many of the conclusions she draws. However, the book is valuable because of its often-piercing insights into this demographic. Pipher wrote it in 1994. I would like to respond to many of its themes from a Christian perspective. I would also like to evaluate the changes that have taken place in the decade-and-a-half since Pipher originally published the book. Feminism and its effect upon culture and Christianity is a subject I find both sad and fascinating.

I also plan to host more question-and-answer entries in the near future, both my questions to you and yours to me.

And in general, I hope to be writing many more entries about the topics that have been good for encouragement and discussion, as well as renewing some of my old series like Soul Sisters. I also want to bring back my book reviews, which I still haven’t gotten around to editing, and begin posting new ones again.

Finally, if you have e-mailed me recently and I haven’t responded, I apologize. E-mail is another thing I have been slacking on, so pardon my negligence! I will be working on catching up with that as well.

In the meantime, enjoy the weekend. I am going out of town for the next couple of days, so you can probably expect a new entry Sunday evening or Monday. Thanks for reading; “see” you then.