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what it costs our kids - Doctors Without Boredom

Tara Ann Thieke describes the ugly side of childcare and the harms parents do to themselves and their children.

Matthew LoftusFamily

the life of an expat parent - Doctors Without Boredom

Rachel Pieh Jones describes the split-open feeling of raising children abroad.

Jake MeadorFamilyFeatured

The Problem with Surrogacy: A 1400 Word Sketch | Mere Orthodoxy

Last week we talked about the difficulty of discussing surrogacy as a Christian journalist. Now we explain why Christians should not practice surrogacy.

Guest WriterFamilyFeaturedEvangelicalism

Surrogacy and the Challenge of Fair Mindedness | Mere Orthodoxy

A recent feature essay on "Christian surrogacy" raises complicated questions not only about sexual ethics, but about journalistic responsibilities as well.

Matthew LoftusFamilyFeaturedCurrent Politics

If Anything Is Pro-Life, Nothing Is - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“This is a pro-life issue.” By now you have probably heard this sentiment expressed about any number of issues that are not immediately related to abortion. Food stamps, taxes, healthcare—even immigration!—are designated as “pro-life” causes because they may in some […]

Jake MeadorFamilyFeatured

On Father's Day, Living in Losses, and Home | Mere Orthodoxy

Father's Day reminds us of the joy that can grow in a home. But what happens in places where home is a reality experienced only occasionally and by a few?

Brian MesimerFamilyFeatured

I Am iPhone: How Our Tech Endangers Our Relationships

Remote infidelity is an emerging problem affecting many American relationships. Dealing with it effectively will likely require radical action.

E. J. HutchinsonFamilyFeatured

On Gratitude and the Fifth Commandment | Mere Orthodoxy

Ultimately the fifth commandment is concerned with teaching us to be grateful for the order into which we are born and to submit to that order happily.

Jake MeadorFamily

Hauerwas on the Politics of Sex - Commonplaces

An excerpt from Hauerwas's "Sex in Public" in which he takes on the trend of "open marriages"

Jake MeadorFamilyCommunitiesGilbert Meilaender

I Want to be a Burden - Commonplaces

This excerpt from Gilbert Meilaender is gold:

Jake MeadorFamilyEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalism

Our Impoverished Imaginations: The World of Jen Hatmaker

Jen Hatmaker's recently announced shift on the question of homosexuality is entirely predictable if you understand the principles that shape her work.

Jake MeadorFamilyEducation

Interview with Danielle Hitchen of Catechesis Books

We sat down to talk with Danielle Hitchen of Catechesis Books about her new baby believers counting primer and other projects that Catechesis is working on.