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 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 Morgan Ferrer | Jan 13, 2020 | Current Events, Hot topics, Podcast - Mama Bear, pop culture, Theology, Uncategorized
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSBefore we start diving back into the Richard Dawkins book, Amy and I felt it necessary to address a heartbreaking, but concerning cultural issue that cropped up over the holidays. On December 14,...
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 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 Guest Author | Oct 28, 2019 | Christian Parenting, gender and sexuality, pop culture, Uncategorized
In our previous blog, we discussed gender expression, where things have gone wonky, and a possible explanation for how we got there. But there weren’t as many practical tips on how to raise your kids to be content in the body they were born in. No sense in...
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 Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Sep 29, 2019 | Current Events, Hot topics, Podcast - Mama Bear, pop culture, Uncategorized
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSIn our last podcast, we asked “What in the world is happening to our Christian leaders?” where we addressed the differences between the way that Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson of...
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...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Aug 29, 2019 | Current Events, Hot topics, Podcast - Mama Bear, pop culture, Uncategorized
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSIn 1 Timothy 4:1 it says “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.” This is...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog, Christian Parenting, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Novice, Personal Stories, pop culture, Theology, Uncategorized, Worldview
John and I were at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. (My husband loves all the fried food. Calories at the fair don’t count, right?) Among our scheduled stops, we wanted to see a band that advertised itself as a mix between Stomp and Accapella. Sounds cool right? We...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog, Current Events, gender and sexuality, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, pop culture, Theology, Uncategorized
The internet has been abuzz with Joshua Harris’ announcement that he and his wife are separating AND that he is no longer a Christian. In case you missed the whole I kissed Dating Goodbye craze in the late 1990’s, let me summarize: Joshua Harris was a prominent voice...
by Guest Author | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog, Christian Parenting, Personal Stories, Uncategorized
By Teasi Cannon My youngest child graduated from high school this year, and while it most definitely does not make me the expert on all things parenting, I have learned a few things while stewarding three unique souls through their teen years. Though I am super proud...
by Amy Davison | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog, Christian Parenting, gender and sexuality, Hot topics, Novice, pop culture, Uncategorized
Laaaaand sakes! We are diving deep in the purity culture dirty laundry pile today. For some of you this is going to sound way more familiar than my first post because you either experienced this first hand or know someone who did. The awful part is that there are...
