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A review of "Torn" by Justin Lee
First, I read it and loved it. Then, I loaned it to Dan, and he read it and loved it. Then, I loaned it to my parents, and they read it and loved it. And the book hadn’t even been released yet! This is...
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My interview with Mary Kassian (and other cut material)
As I have mentioned before, my editor and I cut a whopping 50,000 words from A Year of Biblical Womanhood. This was a painful process indeed, but one that ultimately made the book leaner and cleaner....
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Sisters, Speak
(...because a reporter asked what I would say if I could say one thing to the women of the Church.)Wake up, wake up, Deborah!Wake up, wake up, sing a song!Sisters, speak. Speak for the lonely, the...
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Why “A Year of Biblical Womanhood” is a NYT bestseller…
Things are finally returning to normal over here at the Evans household (normal = no hurricanes, Whoopi encounters, or mad dashes through Terminal E for Eternity in the Charlotte airport). This means...
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Madeleine L'Engle – A Woman of Valor
By Catherine Trieschmann I don't remember how the book came to be in my hands, where I bought it, or if it was a gift, but I can recall with great clarity the moment I read the first chapter. I was...
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Sunday Superlatives 11/18/2012
Around the blogosphere…Best Video:“2 Year Old Dancing the Jive”Best Photo:Obama and McKayla Maroney Are Not Impressed Best Profile:John Blake at CNN features the relationship between Charles and Andy...
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The Real ‘Evangelical Disaster’
When Republican Governor Mitt Romney lost the presidential election earlier this month to incumbent Barack Obama, Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary classified the election...
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Why we have to make a better case for gender equality in the Church
Sadly, today The Church of England general synod voted against appointing women as bishops. Granted, there are female bishops in the Episcopal Church here in the U.S., but a blow to our sisters in the...
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My “Biblical” Thanksgiving…
Just for fun, this weekend I'll be posting a few excerpts fromA Year of Biblical Womanhood that relate to the holidays. I hope yours are joyous! ***- from "November: Domesticity" "It's safe to say that...
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Women & Christmas
Just for fun, this weekend I'll be posting a few excerpts from A Year of Biblical Womanhoodthat relate to the holidays. I hope yours are joyous! NOTE: Don't read if you don't have a sense of humor....
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Cheryl - A Woman of Valor
by Mark Frost“She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.” (Proverbs 31:20)May 1, 1998. The speaker, Jack Reese, was relentless. He was addressing a church conference at...
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Sunday Superlatives 11/25/12
Around the blogosphere...Funniest Caption: Catalog Living with “Lighting a Fire Under You” Best Thanksgiving Series: Kristen Howerton reports from her family’s trip to Peru—the funny, the inspiring,...
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Gifts That Give Back, 2012!
It’s cyber-Monday! As has become tradition here, I’ve included some ideas below for gifts that give back. This year I focused on people and organizations that are close to my heart….so there aren’t as...
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5 Things You Don’t Have to Leave Behind When You Leave Fundamentalism
…although sometimes you have to rediscover them: 1. Love for the BibleFundamentalists often treat the Bible as a set of propositional statements designed to conform to modern,...
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Barbara Kingsolver and Church Misfits
So right now I owe about fifteen people articles or interviews, but instead I’ve gotten myself lost in Barbara Kingsolver’s excellent new novel, Flight Behavior, which in Chapter 3 includes an...
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This is Christ’s body, broken for you…
“Oh I was just a baby when that happened,” she said before stacking my plate and cup onto her own tray to take them to the cafeteria dishwasher. These kids are so polite, so confident. Not how I...
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Guess where you can find "A Year of Biblical Womanhood"...
Costco!Well, at select Costcos: Costco #222 2835 Route 35 Hazlet NJCostco #321 20 Stew Leonard Dr Yonkers NYCostco #1008 211 W. Blackstock Road Spartanburg SCCostco #386 98 Seaboard Lane Brentwood...
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Ruth - A Woman of Valor
By Diana TrautweinShe is old now. So old. Frail, forgetful, easily confused, convinced that she is always doing something wrong. So convinced, that she creates elaborate, imagined stories that center...
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Sunday Superlatives 12.9.12 & a Programming Note
Around the Blogosphere...Best Satire: “Africa for Norway” See Dianna Anderson’s post at Think Christian, “Africa for Norway and Narratives of Pity” “In academic parlance, this technique is called...
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The Dark Stories
an excerpt from A Year of Biblical Womanhood and something of an Advent reflection:"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you."—Maya AngelouI’m glad I have a biblical name. It’s a...
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