Tag Archives: violence against women
Why Child Marriage Subsists – And Why It Shouldn’t
Five years ago I visited a project of the Livingstonia Synod AIDS Program (LISAP) in northeastern Malawi. Here I met a 12-year-old girl who had recently been freed from a forced marriage she had been in for 4 years. Divorced at … Continue reading
Why the “Entitled Athlete” is Not Where I Fix my Feminist Gaze
Marcia Mount Shoop Responds to Rachel Mastin’s Review of Touchdowns for Jesus Read Rachel Mastin’s Review of Mount Shoop’s book here. I am grateful for the time that Rachel Mastin took with my newest book, Touchdowns for Jesus and Other … Continue reading
Left Wanting More
Touchdowns for Jesus and Domestic Violence in Big-Time Sports Read Marcia Mount Shoop’s response to this review here. If, as Calvin famously said, Scripture is the lens through which we see the world, then we’re each wearing a unique pair of … Continue reading
Stewardship of Influence for Congo
As I entered the scene, it felt like I was standing on sacred ground. A paradox, like so much of life in this part of our globalized world. There lay a woman, motionless and blanketed by the compassion of her … Continue reading
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