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If Your Church Makes You Feel Guilty and Miserable…Leave

Sometimes church is a toxic place.  Not always. Not even usually!  Study after study has found that religiosity actually helps people, and people who go to church tend to have better mental health, better relationships, and better lives overall. HOWEVER--and that's a...

On Vipers in Diapers, Emotional Enmeshment, and Toxic Churches

Dads shouldn't need their adult daughters to give them adulation and affection. That's called emotional enmeshment and triangulation, and yet that's what Voddie Baucham, who has been nominated for President of the Southern Baptist Convention (he may not actually run)...

Why Is Marriage Advice Aimed at Healthy Couples?

Do you know who reads marriage books and seeks out marriage advice? Usually it's people having trouble with their marriage! And yet often the advice that's given isn't helpful for unhealthy couples, and can even be harmful. And then authors say, "but it's not meant...

What Does It Meant to Be “Against Abuse”?

Okay, everybody: raise your hand if you're pro-abuse! Of course no one is pro-abuse. So what does it mean to be anti-abuse? Just a few quick thoughts on a Tuesday (I try not to write long posts on Tuesdays to give myself a day to get a lot of work done), but I had...
A Letter to the Woman with a Controlling Husband

A Letter to the Woman with a Controlling Husband

Are you married to a controlling husband?    I first ran this post back in 2016, but as we're moving over to our new domain next week, and taking only the posts from 2018 and forward, I wanted to make sure this one came with us! I refer to it a lot. If you're in...

Stop Making Women Powerless in the Name of God

Stop Making Women Powerless in the Name of God

My heart hurts when I hear stories of what happens when women (or children or men, for that matter) are made powerless.  In about a week or so we'll be moving the blog over to a new domain, taking only the posts from 2018 with us. I have some posts from pre-2018...

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