category: Culture
Real Vision
December 04, 2009"This is a Christian rap song by Trip Lee. I really like the imagery he uses to show all of the messages that we hear from the world, contrasted with the truth of God’s Word. I included the lyrics below because this isn’t exactly my original culture so I sometimes need clarification on what he’s [...]"
Blogs I Read: Girls Gone Wise
November 11, 2009" One of my favorite blogs is written by Mary Kassian, who is a professor of Women’s Studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is about to publish a new book, Girls Gone Wise… In a World Gone Wild, which she says “revolves around the story of the typical Girl-Gone-Wild as recorded for us in the [...]"
Shouting Is the New Spanking
October 28, 2009" I’m writing not from the perspective of a parent (because I have no experience with my unborn child) but a daycare worker. Contrasted with a public school system which a few short decades ago allowed spanking, daycares and preschools today are paranoid about punishment. In fact, the words punishment or discipline are taboo. Even time-outs [...]"
The Unhappy Daughters of Feminism
October 23, 2009"What legacy did the feminist revolution leave? Two secular articles in the past month have explored that question in The New York Times and TIME magazine. Al Mohler wrote a summary and response in his article Feminism Unfulfilled – Why Are So Many Women Unhappy?. I encourage you to read the entire article, since it’s [...]"
Listening to the words
January 20, 2009"I didn’t watch the inauguration. I was trying to get two restless, crying children to go to sleep during naptime at my job. (Naptime for the children, not the teachers, of course.) The Nature Sounds CD was playing. (It’s pretty because it sounds almost mournful. Soft instrumentation in a minor key, along with the sound [...]"
The Joy of Christmas
December 12, 2008" This is a guest post by my fiance A.J. I grew up in a non-Christian home. But, I remember the emphatic excitement produced by my imagination around Christmas time. Being the imaginative five year old I was, of course I believed in Santa Claus [because I was told he was real]. I remembered trying to [...]"
She finds things strangely silent
November 26, 2008"“She finds things strangely silent—no happy noises of teenagers and their friends, no footfall of a faithful husband in the kitchen, no gurgling of grandchildren eager to be cuddled. She will come ‘home’ to a cold, lonely apartment…” -Phyllis Schafly Christa at Empowered Traditionalist has written a really good introductory response to feminist thinking that results in lives [...]"
Beauty from the Heart: Faces
November 25, 2008"I began reading Beauty from the Heart around the same time I started Hope Road. It’s been one of my favorite blogs ever since. Hannah and Lindsey write in a way that resonates with my heart and the things I care about. A few weeks ago, they released their first promotional video for their upcoming conferences. [...]"
Worldview in a Magazine
November 19, 2008" The simple act of looking at a magazine is a cultural experience. More importantly, it is an experience of theology and worldview. Between the glossy, innocent-looking covers of Better Homes and Gardens or Newsweek lie the worldviews of the publications’ creators – worldviews that often subtly contradict biblical Christianity. After reading that opening paragraph, you might be [...]"
Strangers
November 18, 2008"Foreigner: A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country* Exile: A person who is… absent from home or country* Stranger: Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found* One of my favorite Puritan writers, Matthew Henry, introduces his commentary on 1 Peter with these words: “This epistle is addressed to believers [...]"
