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Is Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan An Exercise in “Selfish” Bible Reading?
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Lately, as I make my way through Rachel Held-Evans’ A Year of Biblical Womanhood- (stay tuned for my upcoming review in the online ecumenical publication, Sermons That Work)– I’ve been obliged to reflect on the nature of “biblical authority.” This is a term that we evangelicals love: we have been known to throw it around to…
Independence Week
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Last night I was reading an excerpt from Simone de Beauvoir’s autobiography, The Prime of Life, in which she describes in almost ecstatic tones the wonder of working and living on her own as a writer and philosopher. She was free to do as she pleased- to come and go and eat and sleep and…
The Skimp on Recent Developments
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Fellow saints and sinners who weighed in on a popular post from last year, “The Minister and the Little, Black Dress,” will be mildly amused to learn that I finally did it: on Monday evening on the occasion of my husband’s 43rd birthday and per his request, this mommy and minister found the excuse to…
Women Body Builders: Why The Church Needs More of Them
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Kristina Robb-Dover
What few of her parishioners know, or are only now beginning to discover, is that on one Sunday morning eight years ago Rev. Dr. Amy Richter of St. Anne’s Parish in Annapolis, Maryland took second in the Wisconsin State Fair’s physique competition. This was no small feat. In addition to training for the event, Richter…
Marriage as “Process” or “End” or Both? More Reflections.
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Apparently my reflections on Lauren Winner and her latest book have generated interest if not controversy about the nature of marriage as a storybook conclusion to the hopes and dreams of single people. In light of this, a few thoughts, queries and resources to further the discussion. First, while I single out evangelical Christianity for…
From Marital Sex Guru to Chastened Ex-Wife: Why I Prefer the New Lauren Winner
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Kristina Robb-Dover
While she doesn’t need or want my sympathy, I feel sorry for popular evangelical writer Lauren Winner. Only several years back we were reading her ambitious project to “change how Christians have sex.” Now we are reading about her divorce. Winner’s latest book, Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, are reflections on God’s presence in…
Rachel Held-Evans on “Real Marriage” and Why She’s Right
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Mark Driscoll, the founding and preaching pastor of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church, apparently has a new book out titled Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together. I was introduced to Driscoll’s book by a friend (Rachel Held-Evans) of a friend (Michael Frost) on Facebook, and while I have not read it, I now feel…
Lust
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Kristina Robb-Dover
“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right eye causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is…
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