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The "F" Word

The word “feminist” seems to have fallen out of favor, in even the most egalitarian circles. If I had a quarter for every time I heard the phrase “Oh, I wouldn’t call myself a feminist, but…” I could probably subsidize some pretty cool charities. But the term “feminist” is still good with me. I wrote […]

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Fools rush in, where angels fear to tread…

Today, I read the story of a young American whose body had been recovered from Haiti, a seminary student who had been helping at the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys when the earthquake hit. A cried a little bit, overwhelmed not just by the tragedy, but by the beauty of what he had been doing […]

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One Dollar a Week…

I’m adding a “red cup” to my sidebar so my wonderful readers (and myself) can donate to the UN’s World Food Programme directly from my blog. If I understand correctly, one euro a week (about $1.50) from every person in the developed world would be enough to wipe out hunger on this planet. If you’d […]

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Who Took the "Christ" out of "Christian"?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it really means to be a Christian, and about the challenges of being or calling oneself a Christian in American society. As a missionary kid in Liberia, I had friends from many different nations, cultures, and faiths, and was faced early with the fact that many good, […]

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Vote, Vote, Vote!!!

Thanks to their punk rock prowess and the tireless fingers of their loyal fans, Pierced3 has made it all the way to final round of the USAA Garage Band Playoff! But they need your help to nab the grand prize: $2500, a professional video and photo shoot, and tons of free buzz! (I believe their […]

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If You Say So…

Every now and then a passage of Scripture sneaks up and smacks me upside the head, hits me in a way that I never saw coming. It happened today with Matthew 27:11. Pilate is questioning Jesus, and asks, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Now, in the predictable, oft-read and oft-quoted NIV, Jesus replies […]

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Thanksgiving Recipes

The holiday season (known by my family as “that month when Jenny cooks”) is upon us, and for a girl who was born without the Betty Crocker gene, I do have a couple killer recipes up my sleeve. (I’ve gotta compensate for the rest of the year somehow.) I posted my holiday mainstays last year–wild […]

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Questions, Conservativism, Anabaptists and Orthodoxy

I’m one of those people who likes to understand things. Not just know the commonly accepted answer and be able to parrot it back–to actually get underneath the hood of a concept and become intimately familiar with how it works. (Which is, incidentally, why I struggled so much with math. I didn’t get it, and […]

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And Round One Goes To…

Pierced3, for their fantastic song “Just Drive!” *mad cheering and clapping* Way to go, girls–two more rounds to go!!! Edited to add: Rumor is, they took it by a landslide. Like, a 71% of the total landslide. 🙂 Go girls–and go fans!!! Read more at http://jennyraearmstrong.blogspot.com.

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Girls Rock!

I’ve talked before about Pierced3–an uber-talented, uber-adorable sister act Aaron has been working with since they were 8, 11, and 13. (They’re 11, 14, and 16 now.) Spunky, quirky, vegetarian homeschoolers who write, play and sing feel-good punk rock–what’s not to like? They’ve entered their song “Just Drive” in the USAA Garage Band Playoff, and […]

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Emerging Women

My article “Bumper Sticker Theology” is up at Emerging Women today, under the heading “It’s Been a Rough Year.” It’s nothing my “blog buddies” haven’t read before–it’s the same article I posted here about a year ago, and that appeared at TheOoze.com and in Geez Magazine–but if you’ve never been to Emerging Women before, the […]

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The Conservative Bible Project? Oh No They DI’INT!!!

You had to know it was coming. I’m just shocked that anyone calling themselves Christians could be so brazen about their agenda. The Conservative Bible Project is, evidently, the backlash against “politically correct” translations of scripture. It will, among other things, “provide a framework against liberal bias,” “utilize powerful conservative terms,” “express free-market parables,” and, […]

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Little Seed Inside the Prune…

God is chasing me. I know this, because everywhere I turn, I am being accosted with the message to press on. (Toward what goal I am not particularly sure, but happily I am one of those people who is pretty content to live “in the journey.” I have lots of practice with that. :-D) Motivational […]

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Book Review: You Were Born for This

“The Prayer of Jabez” got a bad rap. While many Christian preachers and publications were decrying it as a “bless ME, God” book–a lite version of the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel taken to the masses–millions of people inside and outside the church were learning that there is a God who is intimately interested in […]

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The First Day of the Rest of My Life

Well, today is one of those days when the entire world shifts suddenly under your feet, and you’re standing in an entirely different spot than you were the day before. This morning the whole family walked down the hill, and Aaron and I watched Carter, our third child, get on the schoolbus with Jamison and […]

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