by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Current Events, Encouragement, Hot topics, pop culture, Uncategorized
I have a good friend and apologist who posted on Facebook the other day. It wasn’t her normal careful, reasoned response. It was angry and belittling — not at all like her. I sent her a private message that said something along the lines of, “I love you, friend! Do...
by Lindsey Medenwaldt | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog, Lindsey Medenwaldt, World Religions
“…I do not think a religion ought to be judged on the basis of some of its followers. The actions of some Christians do not necessarily say anything about Christianity, and the actions of some Muslims do not necessarily say anything about Islam. … what matters are the...
by Guest Author | May 26, 2020 | Blog, Encouragement, Personal Stories
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 (NLT) As a middle-aged woman trying to maintain some measure of physical health, I like to walk the two-mile loop around my neighborhood as many days a...
by admin | May 19, 2020 | Blog, Current Events, News
Our world lost a giant in the Christian faith on Tuesday. Mere weeks ago, Ravi Zacharias announced that he had been suffering from a terminal illness, but we did not expect his death to come so quickly. Death is a mixed bag for us Christians. It is not the end. It is...
by Julie Loos | May 9, 2020 | Blog, Julie Loos, Personal Stories, Uncategorized, Youth Exodus
I find myself in an odd stage of motherhood — both of my sons are young career adults; one is married; I’m not yet a grandmother. It’s sort of an in-between time. I feel as close to, and as far away from, motherhood as the miles (2 and 380) my sons are from me. By all...
by Lindsey Medenwaldt | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Lindsey Medenwaldt, World Religions
In my first article about Islam (read it here), I gave you a crash course in Islam, but in order to have a full understanding of Islam, we should spend some time discussing its founder and prophet, Muhammad. You’ve probably heard of him, but who was he exactly? He was...
by Amy Davison | Apr 18, 2020 | Blog, Personal Stories, Uncategorized, Worldview
Back when most of us were still in diapers, there was a trial that made some buzz on the eastern Tennessee nightly news. A parent had been flipping through her children’s classroom readers when some of the material made her conservative Spidey senses tingle. No, it...
by Lindsey Medenwaldt | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Lindsey Medenwaldt, Uncategorized, World Religions, Worldview
Writing about Islam can be difficult because there is tension between being honest about its history while still being respectful to those who practice it. I want to make sure I’m giving you a good foundation for understanding Islam so that you can answer any...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Current Events, Encouragement, Novice, Uncategorized
Listen to the article here: Coronavirus… It is the giant elephant-virus in the room that everyone is talking about… so let’s talk about it from a Mama Bear perspective. I sometimes jokingly refer to myself as a “Debbie downer” because my first instinct isn’t to make...
by Guest Author | Feb 16, 2020 | Blog, Current Events, Novice, Personal Stories, Uncategorized
Several weeks ago, I attended the Women in Apologetics (WIA) Conference at Biola University in Southern California. I was excited to learn about conversational apologetics, Critical Race Theory, worldviews, and more! To my surprise, however, it wasn’t a session that...
by Hillary Short | Jan 19, 2020 | Blog, Playground Apologetics, tactics
Welcome back to Playground Apologetics, Mama Bears! It’s been a while since we did an article for this series, but in the lead up to my breakout session at the Women in Apologetics Conference this weekend, we thought it would be fun to bring it back! Apologetics...
by Guest Author | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, Mama Bear News, News, women in apologetics, Worldview
Special thanks to Lisa Quintana from Women in Apologetics for contributing this article. It’s been said, “The third time’s a charm,” and we think that the 3rd Annual Women in Apologetics (WIA) Conference will not only charm you but also empower you to Find Your Voice...
by admin | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog, Mama Bear News, Uncategorized
We know a lot of you are reflecting on your personal accomplishments of 2019 (we’re cheering for you whether you won the Nobel Peace Prize, got a promotion at work, improved your health, or just put on pants every day! #babysteps). When we asked you a few weeks ago on...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Dec 29, 2019 | Blog, gender and sexuality, Hot topics, pop culture, Uncategorized
In the final installment of the Genderbread Person series, we will discuss attraction. (See parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series here: gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex) This article will probably be the most confusing out of all the Genderbread...
by admin | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog, Christian Parenting, Current Events, Hot topics, Mama Bear News
Mama Bear Apologetics is blessed to have been a part of your lives in 2019. What a year! In addition to our podcasts and blog/social media posts this year, we just celebrated the six-month anniversary of publishing our first Mama Bear book and, thanks to you, the...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, gender and sexuality, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, pop culture, Uncategorized
Nothing summarizes our discussion more today than the famous scene from Kindergarten Cop where a little boy respectfully raises his hand to speak and waits to be called upon. His words of wisdom for the class that he so ardently and patiently waited to share? “Boys...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog, gender and sexuality, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, pop culture, Uncategorized
In our previous blog, we introduced you to the Genderbread curriculum, a teaching guide that tells kids as young as kindergarten how to think of sex and gender as a really confusing, multi-variable continuum which are mostly unrelated to one another. While I want to...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog, Current Events, pop culture, Uncategorized
Someone alerted me last week to the new Richard Dawkins book, Outgrowing God, that was about to drop. So like good little Mama Bear Apologists, Amy Davison and I downloaded the kindle versions on release day so that we could begin talking about it on the podcast. It...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Oct 9, 2019 | Blog, gender and sexuality, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, pop culture, Uncategorized
Forget the muffin man. Do you know the Genderbread Person? If not, you need to—and especially if you have kids. The Genderbread Person is now a commonly used craft for teaching kids (at least those young enough to be interested in anthropomorphic gingerbread cookies)...
by Amy Davison | Sep 16, 2019 | Blog, gender and sexuality, pop culture, Uncategorized
Now I would not be doing my job right if we were to leave our survey of purity culture while it was at its low point because, thank the sweet little baby Jesus, that’s not the end of the story. What we’re needing is the message that 90’s purity culture largely...
