Drama At Mars Hill

Poor Mark Driscoll. The megachurch pastor is in hot water after some of his former colleagues have accused him of engaging in bullying, verbal abuse and intimidation, and being rude, disrespectful and belittling, especially when being questioned.

Regret at waiting

It looks like the preachers selling the purity propaganda are wrong (big surprise). There's this fabrication within the purity culture that goes like this: if you save yourself for marriage, you will have mind-blowing sex and live happily ever after. Not so for quite a few people. Take Jessica Ciencin Henriquez's article "My Virginity Mistake" on the Salon website. She says the opposite of the purity culture's message - that waiting for marriage actually led to her divorce.