A review of the book by Danielle Treweek, Intervarsity Press, 2023I was determined not to get married, and my friend, Braxton, agreed with me. Marriage would tie us down. Children would take away the freedom to live our lives however we wanted, which for us meant taking off on a whim to sail ... Continue reading
Deep blindness
February 12, 2012 By
John Hull began losing his eyesight at the age of thirteen when he developed cataracts. By the time he was seventeen he was blind in his left eye. Vision in his right remained adequate until his mid-thirties, when it, too, began deteriorating, necessitating thicker and thicker corrective lenses to ... Continue reading
What Andrea Dworkin got right
April 25, 2005 By 33 Comments
Under patriarchy, every woman's daughter is a victim, past, present and future. Under patriarchy, every woman's son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman. —Andrea Dworkin ...sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness, so that the one without ... Continue reading
In pursuit of happiness
November 8, 2003 By Leave a Comment
I believe that God gave us the gift of sexuality so that we might express with our bodies the love that's in our hearts. I just need to tell you that I experience that with my partner. —Gene Robinson, newly elected Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, on the spiritual meaning of a homosexual ... Continue reading
