Rachel Marie Stone

Rachel Marie Stone is the author of "Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food" and a book about Jesus for children called "The Unexpected Way."

All Stories by Rachel Marie Stone

A room of our own: artists making space and time to create in community

By Rachel Marie Stone — April 26, 2014
Creatives in New York City find a way to make art AND pay the bills -- and they're doing it together.

Cedarville University shuts down dissenting student newspaper

By Rachel Marie Stone — April 24, 2014
“It's pretty sad that a place that’s certain they have absolute truth is simultaneously so afraid of dissenting opinions,” said Zach Schneider, a senior at Cedarville University and the editor of the independent student newspaper, which was forcibly shut down on Wednesday morning.

Setting the captives free — at least, to give birth

By Rachel Marie Stone — April 21, 2014
Those offering empathy to the oft-forgotten -- women giving birth behind bars -- speak, through their actions, that same word of peace, a word that gives Easter morning hope to a world that's too often chained to injustice, indifference, and seemingly meaningless suffering.

The spirituality of ‘slow’ reading, listening, and watching

By Rachel Marie Stone — April 8, 2014
Does watching movies and television shows slowly and repeatedly make them more spiritually significant?

Why it’s okay to be annoyed by Gwyneth’s ‘conscious uncoupling’

By Rachel Marie Stone — April 1, 2014
The reaction to Gwyneth Paltrow's 'conscious uncoupling' is more than just another case of busting on the clueless celebrity. It is, rather, an outcry against a form of naming that just feels false.

May we have a (civil) word about Hobby Lobby and World Vision?

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 26, 2014
It's been a contentious week in the religious blogosphere. For the sake of our nation (and our world) -- and the people in this whole, diverse, wild, human family, I hope we can share civil words about what we believe is at stake.

You may be a fundamentalist if…(or, what’s going on at Cedarville University?)

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 24, 2014
Strange things are happening at Cedarville University. Inside the inconsistencies (and just plain weirdness) of the 'complementarian crackdown' at the fundamentalist Ohio university.

‘Frozen,’ evangelical purity culture, and what it’s like being a girl

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 20, 2014
Can a man ever know what it is like to grow up female in fundamentalism? Disney's 'Frozen' and the vulnerability of purity culture.

Do your kids need more opportunities to be BORED?

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 18, 2014
Middle-class parents today engage in a lot of "concerted cultivation" of their kids in the fear that they'll be left behind their peers. But what if kids actually need a little more time to be bored?

A new haven opens for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 14, 2014
An organization ministering to adults who've been sexually abused by clergy opens a "renewal center" for hope and healing.

Why we should give kids more freedom to play — and learn

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 12, 2014
Many of us are anxious parents; inclined toward the 'helicopter' variety. But new research suggests overparenting, overeducating, and overworrying isn't helping us. Time to have faith in the kids.

How helpful — and how Christian — is Dave Ramsey’s financial advice?

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 10, 2014
Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey calls those who disagree with him "shallow" and "immature." But aside from whether his advice is "Christian" -- is it actually sound?

Things to think about before buying the kids an iPad

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 6, 2014
Screen time, no screen time, some screen time: responsibly honoring the malleability of kids' minds and spirits.

The earthy spirituality of ‘Call the Midwife’

By Rachel Marie Stone — March 4, 2014
'Downton Abbey' is a bit of a guilty pleasure, but the 'other' popular BBC series, 'Call the Midwife,' has a gritty beauty and spiritual depth that all the riches of Downton couldn't buy.

Why boys need better cartoon role models, too

By Rachel Marie Stone — February 28, 2014
We’ve heard it so many times that it almost doesn’t surprise us anymore: girls today relentlessly encounter slimmed-down, sexed-up, and princess-ified role models in the movies and toys they consume. But what about boys?
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