Category Archives: Sexuality

My Sisters the Saints (6) – An Inspiring Journey in Faith

Posted on April 13, 2013 by John Armstrong

Colleen Carroll Campbell’s journey to femininity did not lead her to embrace a kind of Catholic “fundamentalism” with regard to the social, professional and economic gains that she had previously experienced because of feminism. John and Carroll Campbell clearly share … Continue reading →

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My Sisters the Saints (5) – An Inspiring Journey in Faith

Posted on April 12, 2013 by John Armstrong

As Colleen Carroll Campbell tried to settle into her new work at the White House she found that she had never been so profoundly challenged in her work but so deeply dissatisfied with her life in general. She writes: I … Continue reading →

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My Sisters the Saints (4) – An Inspiring Journey in Faith

Posted on April 11, 2013 by John Armstrong

In the spring of 2001, five years after Colleen Carroll Campbell had moved from Memphis to St. Louis to write for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, she fell in love with John Campbell, a young physician in training who would … Continue reading →

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My Sisters the Saints (2) – An Inspiring Journey in Faith

Posted on April 9, 2013 by John Armstrong

Colleen Carroll Campbell’s new spiritual memoir informs the reader, very early in the book, of how her reading St. Teresa’s biography brought deep change. She understood anew why her parents read the lives of the saints as she found in … Continue reading →

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My Sisters the Saints (1) – An Inspiring Journey in Faith

Posted on April 8, 2013 by John Armstrong

Collen Carroll Campbell is an accomplished, award-winning author, as well as a print and broadcast journalist. I have followed her writing and professional career, at least from a  distance, since I read her first book, The New Faithful: Why Young … Continue reading →

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The Stain That Stays: How Should We Respond to the Sexual Misconduct of Pastors/Leaders?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by John Armstrong

What should happen to pastors who fall into sexual misconduct? Should they return, repentant, to their pulpits/leadership within weeks or months – or should they return at all? Around the world sexual misconduct is defeating ministers and destroying ministries. As … Continue reading →

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When Jesus Met Mary: A Conference on Friendship with a Unique (and Controversial) Emphasis on Friendship with the Opposite Sex

Posted on April 24, 2012 by John Armstrong

Can men and women be close friends without the sex part getting in the way? Can men and women who are married enjoy opposite sex friendships? What would our marriages, our friendships, our churches, and our communities look like if … Continue reading →

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Is It Necessary to Be Sexually Active to Order to Be a Healthy, Flourishing Person?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by John Armstrong

This is a rather amazing piece of popular television dialogue. You will clearly note that Tim Gunn does not take a moral position about sexual practice in his comments. So, at least for a moment, please leave the moral questions off … Continue reading →

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When Jesus Met Mary: A Sacred Friendship Gathering

Posted on January 17, 2012 by John Armstrong

This unique event, hosted by my dear friend, author and speaker Dan Brennan, will feature several interesting and engaging speakers, including yours truly. It will present a great opportunity for a kind of dialogue not generally welcomed in the church at … Continue reading →

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The Three-Ring Circus Some Call the Evangelical Church

Posted on January 10, 2012 by John Armstrong

I thought I had seen it all, at least in terms of the veritable three-ring circus that we might best call the "edgy" evangelical mega-church. Then I realized that their are frontiers yet to be explored by very sincere pastors … Continue reading →

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