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Melanie Mock

Do Ten-Year-Old Girls Need Empowerment? By Melanie Springer Mock /June 19, 2017

By design, my husband and I chose raising boys over raising girls. When we decided to adopt, we were asked to state a gender preference…

4 min readNov 29, 2018

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Melanie Mock

When We Are Angela Merkel

Way back in the early years of my career at George Fox University, a colleague (from another department) approached me at a faculty…

3 min readNov 29, 2018

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Melanie Mock

No More Irons!

My yoga studio recently expanded its fitness offerings making it abundantly clear to me just how out of shape I am, despite having been a…

3 min readNov 29, 2018

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Melanie Mock

Becoming Weddle, Again

As a child I can remember waiting for what seemed like an eternity for my upcoming birthday. What presents would I get? Would mom bake my…

3 min readNov 29, 2018

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Melanie Mock

Because God is not a Guy: Why Language Matters

3 min readNov 29, 2018

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Melanie Mock

Becoming Weddle, Again

As a child I can remember waiting for what seemed like an eternity for my upcoming birthday. What presents would I get? Would mom bake my…

3 min readNov 29, 2018

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Melanie Mock

Real Womanhood? (August 18, 2011)

<Melanie Springer Mock> he Rebelution strikes me as a good idea. It’s a Christian movement aimed at teenagers, designed to motivate…

3 min readOct 8, 2018

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Melanie Mock

Michele Bachmann’s Submission Dilemma (August 16, 2011)

<Kendra Weddle Irons> As a teenager, I led numerous Bible studies. In my grandparents’ basement several peers and I worked through the…

2 min readOct 8, 2018

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Melanie Mock

Why Every Youth Sports Coach Should Watch Friday Night Tykes

A few weeks ago, I signed on to coach a kindergarten girls’ soccer team. I don’t have any kindergarten children or any girls, but someone…

5 min readSep 18, 2017

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Why Every Youth Sports Coach Should Watch Friday Night Tykes

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Melanie Mock

Why Every Educator Should Watch “Last Chance U”

The university where I teach launched a new football program a few years ago, nearly half a century after another George Fox (then-college)…

4 min readAug 28, 2017

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Why Every Educator Should Watch “Last Chance U”

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Melanie Mock

Melanie Mock

English professor, writer, feminist, Mennonite, mother of several, runner of marathons, doer of triathlons, lover of reality television.

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