There was a Saturday evening at the Popkin household, over a decade ago, that was chocked full of sin. I had been engrossed in a project, dinner was late, and everyone was hungry, grumpy, and short-tempered (mostly me). So after we had eaten, Ken didn’t...
What does it look like to be brave and tell the truth, when so many are saying, “Maybe I’m not a girl…”? And what is the truth about a person’s gender? Also, why is masturbation wrong if it’s not hurting anyone? And how can we...
As a thirteen-year-old, Jessica innocently stumbled upon the world of pornography. She was lonely, and the porn chat rooms offered love and acceptance. And yet—similar to the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, pornography was not the harmless fruit Jessica...
How should a Christian respond to her same-sex attraction? How can we hold the Bible’s blueprint for marriage, in Genesis? And also what impact does a Christian’s disgust over sexual brokenness have on those around her, who are suffering? I’m sitting...
I’m grateful for the opportunity to share a blog post today on “Open the Bible” with Colin Smith: “I accepted Ken as my husband.” For the record, I have never spoken about my husband in these terms. I’ve never said to my children, “Twenty years ago,...
Does the pain of loss ever go away? Is there hope for wholeness and healing, after a lifetime of hurt? We experience loss differently when we know the full story. Like when you go the funeral of someone you know and love, rather than a stranger. We have a fuller...