Why relational milestones like weddings shouldn’t be the only things we celebrate.
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In this The Wall Street Journal piece, I report on what social distanced church services mean for singles, and how churches can better include them.
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In my first piece for The New York Times, I push back on Americans’ sexualized view of touch.
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In this new piece for Propel Sophia, I share about my worst day from a 17-month research trip.
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Why Vicky Walker’s book Relatable makes an important contribution to the church’s discussion of sex and relationship mores.
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People often ask how I can afford to travel the world for a year, after quitting my long-time non-profit job in San Francisco.
Read MoreThe sequel to youthful rebellion against one's elders is often a quieter rite of passage that comes later, when you start shaking your head about "kids these days." Other times you wonder: Are they doing OK? Have they known true joy? For the past decade, sociologist Christian Smith has sought answers to questions like that through the National Study of Youth and Religion. For the latest book in the series, 2011's Lost in Transition, Smith et al. examine what they call the "dark side" of emerging adulthood.
Read MoreEvery few months—if not weeks—it happens: another Christian article on sex is published, usually lamenting some trend or event or book that is out of step with the biblical sexual ethic. Such pieces are usually also united in a focus on what that ethic says about the boundaries for sex. Thus, a preoccupation with the single, the gay, and the unfaithful. What seems of less concern than these boundary transgressions is the reputation and character of the God who apparently forgot that he built his children with libidos that kick in early in life, even as marriages happen later and later and women continue to outstrip men in church attendance, if not conversion.
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