[Trigger warning: The topic of this post is adults who ignore signs of child sexual abuse.] Not again. Not another one, please. But there it is: “Rotherham sex abuse scandal:1,400 children exploited by Asian gangs while authorities turned a blind eye” reads the terrible headline in last Tuesday’s issue […]
Author: LynnPechuekonis
The Adulterous Woman: We Are Her
How could those Jewish leaders in John 8 so mercilessly humiliate a woman caught in the act of adultery? Spend a little time reading the Old Testament prophets, and you’ll get a bit of a clue. Here’s a little sample from Ezekiel: “The noise of a carefree crowd was around […]
What Kind of Man Was Jesus?
I know I usually write about Jesus and women, but as I study the life of Jesus in the gospels, I am left with some questions about how Jesus embodied masculinity. I see that he wasn’t very competitive. He said the first shall be last and the last shall be […]
More on Singleness
This week I’m giving a shout out to our minister Steve Malone at Maple Grove Christian Church, who challenged us on Sunday to rethink singleness – as good – not only perfectly fine with God but even spiritually advantageous for those accept and embrace it. The church needs to consider […]
Looking Like Jesus
I’m a little off topic this week, but I’m excited about something new I learned and wanted to share it! This may not be a new story to you, but I recently learned it about in vivid detail when my daughter shared with me her copy of The Rise of […]
Have You Seen this Man? Part 2
I often try to imagine what it might have been like to see Jesus in the flesh back when he walked this earth — to look into his face, to feel his smile directed toward me, to speak to him, to hear him teach, laugh, actually speak to me. I […]
Have You Seen this Man? Part 1
Have you ever worried when your child was smiling and you didn’t know why? One day twenty years ago, when our older daughter Jessi was four, she and I were in the car together. She was seated in the front passenger seat next to me, when I looked over and […]
A Toe Back in the Water
OK. Deep breath. I think I can do this. I haven’t written a post for this blog since last April. Some things in my life got too overwhelming, and once I quit, I couldn’t find my way back here again. Because other people are involved, I am still not at […]
Sisters in Christ – Part 6
From Fear to Trust In my previous post I suggested that our tendency to judge each other is one barrier against close relationships with our Christian sisters. We also, sometimes, inadvertently come off as disapproving or condemning, even though it’s the furthest thing from our minds. Communicating love and acceptance […]
Sisters in Christ – Part 5
Relationship Barriers Are you a judgmental person? Of course not! No Christian woman wants to think of herself that way. Yet, ask your average non-Christian young adult and you won’t like the answer. Eight in 10 of them believe judgmental is an apt label for Christians (according to studies in […]