by Rebecca Davis | Sep 21, 2025 | challenging the status quo, guest post
From Sharon: A friend asked me to read this little booklet by John Piper so we could discuss it. The booklet contains 11 short chapters with headings. Note that “cancer” is a term John Piper uses as a placeholder, expecting us to fill in the blank with whatever trial...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 6, 2024 | guest post, untwisting Scriptures
I’m privileged to publish Rhoda’s research and personal experience regarding forgiveness. This article comes with a caution: child sexual abuse. *** Forgiveness, like any power, can be used for good or for ill. Understood and implemented correctly, it can...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 30, 2024 | guest post, survivor stories
From Rebecca: In November of 2018, I wrote a post about pastor James MacDonald setting his vision for Harvest Bible Chapel in the Chicago area. When his vision was boiled down to its essence with the Christian language removed, it looked to me just like a model for...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 18, 2022 | guest post, news and musings
Abba Recently our one-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, Phoebe, blessed me with an “Abba moment.” But it can’t be fully appreciated without some backstory. She’s been a shy one—especially toward big men with beards. I’m average size, and I...