Books In Review: What does it mean to be a woman who doesn’t want children? Erin Lane challenges maternal exceptionalism and its myths. by Beth Waltemath August 12, 2022
Critical Essay Encountering Alice Neel’s paintings of mothers while pregnant Her complex portraits reveal an alchemy of desire, pain, power, and weakness. by Catherine Ricketts July 1, 2021
Books In Review: The Kindest Lie is a story about race and much more In Nancy Johnson’s debut novel, a family secret draws a successful Black woman home to small-town Indiana. by Katara Patton April 22, 2021
Books In Review: Lyz Lenz’s midrash on pregnancy and motherhood Lenz blends storytelling and critique to explore the role of myths in defining women’s bodies. by Kristel Clayville October 9, 2020
Books In Review: Pregnancy is undeniably beautiful and bizarre Both Agnes Howard and Brittany Bergman encourage reflection on a transformational experience. by Leslie Verner August 6, 2020
Books In Review: A novel shot through with transcendence Chelsea Bieker's Godshot drips with truth about motherhood, faith, and power. by Abigail J. Paxton May 4, 2020
First Person A confession to you, my nursing daughter What am I to make of your singular desire for milk? by Natalie Carnes April 16, 2020
Books Take & read: New books in New Testament Can we read scripture critically and theologically at the same time? selected by Joshua Jipp October 8, 2018
Books In Review: Two ways of being Christian and pro-choice Is abortion only the lesser of evils, or can it be a moral good? by Amy Frykholm October 8, 2018
First Person The day I revealed to the other moms that I'm a bad Christian Of all the things I could have gone donkey nuts over, it was "quiet time" that pushed me over the edge. by Jamie Wright April 2, 2018
Books In Review: The vocation of being a stranger As a mother and a woman of color, I read Camille Dungy's book as a personal roadmap. by Josina Guess January 19, 2018
Cover to Cover Mother's Day picks Looking for a gift for a mother in your life? Here are some possibilities. by Elizabeth Palmer April 26, 2017
On Media A rebel mom and her nemesis It’s too bad that Bad Moms sets up its conflict as one between women. by Beth Felker Jones September 12, 2016
Books In Review: Ambivalent motherhood The physical reality of her son, the very tangible way that he is a part of her, will not go away. He is with her everywhere she goes. by Amy Frykholm July 10, 2016
Books In Review: God in weakness Elizabeth Gandolfo's first book is not just an anthropology. Its more daring and abidingly important gift is a statement about God. by Lauren F. Winner December 30, 2015