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Line In The Sand

May 11, 2013 By Joel Ferris Leave a Comment

Joel Ferris remembers the moment when he saw his dad in a new light, and decided to replace religion with ethics.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: church, gay, homosexuality, Joel Ferris, line in the sand, masculinity, sexuality, The Depression, tolerance

Be Ready to Be Changed

April 27, 2013 By Christian Piatt Leave a Comment

We’re surrounded by beauty all of the time. Sometimes we just need a little help seeing it.

Filed Under: In Good Faith Tagged With: church, Community, connection, downtown Portland, First Christian Church, history, meal, meeting people, men, missional, missional church, Oregon, Portland, sandwich, service, serving, shelters, women

“You can bring your kids to church with you, but if they stop wanting to go, forcing them is about the worst thing you can do.”

April 7, 2013 By the Editors 2 Comments

These are comments by Morgan, Lars Fischer, and David Kaiser on the post “What If the Kids Don’t Want Our Church?”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: children, church, church activities, Faith, God, kids, leaving church, parenting, parents, protesting, Teens

My Kids Will Believe in the Almighty Power of Thought

April 5, 2013 By Dork Daddy 14 Comments

“I cannot allow my children to close their minds to all the infinite possibilities of our world and our universe, only one of which is offered by any organized religion.”

Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: 5 pillars of religon, agnostic, atheism, Atheist, Christian, christianity, church, Faith, family dogma, Jewish, judaism, raising your kids without religion, religion, religion and secularism, The Bible, the power of faith, the power of thought, The Resurrection, the story of God, world religions

Are You Raising a Narcissist?

March 22, 2013 By Jason Bruce 8 Comments

narcissism, selfish children, overconfident underachievers, teaching humility, modeling empathy, parenthood, faith

The cultural and technological trends that are making us even more self-absorbed.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Ethics & Values, The Good Life Tagged With: American Freshman Survey, American values, children media exposure, church, confidence, Dr. Keith Ablow, empathy, face to face interactions, facebook, Faith, fathers and daughters, Fox News, Greed, humility, modeling empathy, narcissism, narcissists, overconfidence, overconfident underachievers, Parenthood, parenting, praising beauty, psychology, self-esteem, selfish children, success, teaching humility, Video Games, volunteering

What If the Kids Don’t Want Our Church?

March 21, 2013 By Derek Penwell 8 Comments

What happens when a generation comes along that doesn’t care about the game you’ve spent so much time buying equipment for?

Filed Under: In Good Faith Tagged With: christianity, church, Derek Penwell, estate planning, Generation X, inheritance, Millenials, Millennial's, parenting

I’m Proud to Be a Member of the Church of TED

March 2, 2013 By Steve Knight 2 Comments

If you’re not already connected with your local TEDx community (regardless of what faith you claim or if you claim no faith at all), I encourage you to do so.

Filed Under: In Good Faith Tagged With: church, social entrepreneurialism, social good, Steve Knight, TED, TEDx, TEDxCharlotte, video

“Not Your Mother’s Morals”: A Review

March 1, 2013 By Deanna Ogle 1 Comment

Jonathan D. Fitzgerald talks about faith, pop culture, and the “New Sincerity” in his new book.

Filed Under: A&E, Featured Content Tagged With: book review, books, Chuck Klosterman, church, Culture, David Foster Wallace, devil, doubt, happy ending, honesty, Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, leaving church, Modern family, movies, music, Not Your Mother's Morals, pop culture, post-evangelical, transparency

Dad of Divas: The Interview

February 28, 2013 By Christian Piatt Leave a Comment

Q: What advice would you give to other fathers? A: A vasectomy is waaay cheaper than kids!

Filed Under: In Good Faith Tagged With: Asperger, Asperger's syndrome, banned questions, blood, Boys, children, Christian Piatt, christians, church, dads, diaper, divas, family, girls, heretic, kids, men, parenting, PregMANcy, raising kids, Sex and Relationships, women

Born to Be Abused [Trigger warning]

February 1, 2013 By The Good Life @ GMP 4 Comments

A lifetime of abuse makes one man call himself ‘disposable.’

Filed Under: Disposability of Men, On Rape and Sexual Violence, The Good Life Tagged With: Affairs, betrayal, brain injury, bullying, child abuse, church, disposability of men, domestic violence, drugs, friends, friendship, infidelity, injustice, male survivors of sexual, mental illness, PTSD, rape, reputation, sexual violence, shame, sweat lodges, unplanned pregnancy, unwanted children, videotaping sex, violence

Is Gender Equality Killing Women?

January 29, 2013 By Christian Piatt 27 Comments

Women often experience an implicit (and sometimes even explicit) expectation from those around them to be both a full-time professional and an ever-present mom.

Filed Under: In Good Faith Tagged With: Christian Piatt, church, equality, female pastor, health, pastor, stay-at-home dad, women, women's issues, workplace

When Radical Welcome Gets Messy

January 14, 2013 By Christian Piatt 4 Comments

What happens in our faith communities when someone comes who seems to be suffering from untreated schizophrenia? Or how about when they become verbally abusive and begin threatening people?