Control of the Board: How The Queen’s Gambit and Hamilton Tell Our Stories

The female experience in life very frequently feels like that of a queen on a chessboard, especially when we get into traditionally male-dominated spaces.

What Men Can Learn from a Woman’s Call to Ministry: A Review of Kristen Padilla’s Now That I’m Called

Male pastors in particular must be ready to equip and empower women in their congregation when they express an interest in vocational ministry, and this book is a helpful tool to do just that.

Redeeming Princess Culture

Whether Disney or its critics realize it, Christian virtues and gospel themes abound in these princess films.

Women Behaving Badly: What Miranda Lambert’s ‘Vice’ Is Really Telling Us

Country star Miranda Lambert gives us insight into sexual freedom for women: does it mean behaving as badly as men?

Gators and Puppies: What Geeks Are Learning About Gender

Millions of geeks, male and female—regardless of gender—are all telling stories, playing games, making movies, and drawing comic books that portray a better world.

Male and Female He Created Them

Our fullest expression as male and female created in the image of God is found in neither unbridled freedom nor oppressive regulation.

Persuasion Episode 39: The Funny Factor in Gender Dynamics

How do men and women express humor? How do you over or under appreciate your own sense of humor?

CAPC Magazine, November 2015: All God’s People

Both male and female creatures are necessary to represent God’s glory.

CAPC Magazine, October 2015: Let Us Be Women

What does it mean to be a woman? This issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine tries to sort it out.

God Our Father: The Beauty of God’s Choice

Not only has God given us life, but He has also chosen to identify with us.

Pajama Boy is Everything That’s Wrong with American Manhood! (and Other Misconceptions)

How did an ad for Obamacare mutate into a debate over masculinity?

ELSEWHERE: Artists Continue Pushing The Boundaries Of What It Means To Be Human

Are Real Men Heroes That Never Play Videogames? Metaxas Says Yes. He’s Wrong.

What exactly is this “crisis of manhood”?

A New Wave of Complementarianism?

Is it time to lose the label? Maybe.

Notes from the Margins: The Mindy Project–A Once in a Decade Opportunity

“The Mindy Project is not a show about race, gender, or cultural perceptions of beauty. But it smartly points out all of our current hang-ups with all of those issues by neatly side-stepping them.”

What HBO’s “Girls” Gets Right About Sex and Intimacy