Author: Kate Ott
Kate Ott is Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Drew University, Theological School. Ott published "Searching for an Ethic: Sexuality, Children, and Moral Agency" in New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views and is also co-editor of Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference and Faith, Feminism, and Scholarship: The Next Generation.
By Kate Ott
While many Christians adhere to the notion that conventionally conceived children are a gift from God, many Christians who are infertile, homosexual, single, or who face other reproductive challenges consider the scientific technology that enables th...
By Kate Ott
When, if at all, are you ready for sex? This one-session youth study explores the various sexual paths that teens can take and helps them understand how their values shape their sexual ethical guidelines. Prayers, bible verses for reflection, discuss...
By Kate Ott
Dating relationships can be as different and diverse as the kids involved. Some may fade after a few days while an occasional few may last over a year. Regardless, teens spend a significant amount of time thinking about, planning for, and working thr...
By Kate Ott
In this study, high school students are challenged to set a new standard that values people as created in God's image. The study: explores how our body image affects us helps teens see God in their own and other's bodies examines the difference bet...
By Kate Ott
Fifty years ago the television show I Love Lucy couldn't use the term "pregnant" to announce the imminent arrival of little Ricky. Today, the "Octomom" and her fourteen children are reportedly in negotiations to join Jon and Kate plus Eight on the re...
By Kate Ott
A healthy relationship is a healthy relationship. It does not matter if that relationship is between or among family members, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, or romantic interests. The basic values that contribute to a healthy or "right" relation...
By Kate Ott
Most of us lie at some point in our lives. Is lying always wrong? What does the Bible say? What does the church say?This one session youth study looks at things we should consider when we think about lying to friends or teachers. It also provides par...
By Kate Ott
Similar to Jesus' time, we live in a world plagued by many forms of violence, ranging from poverty to war, to sexual and gender abuse. In this one-session youth study, "Responding to Violence in Jesus' Time and Now," adolescents will be asked to cons...
Sex + Faith
Talking with Your Child from Birth to Adolescence
By Kate Ott
Talking with your child about sex can be scary! Sex + Faith helps parents incorporate their faith values with sexual information so they can answer questions, discuss sexuality at each stage of childhood, and show support of sexual differences. Secti...
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By Kate Ott
Have you heard about purity balls and purity pledges? How about high schools and colleges across the country transforming Valentine's Day activities into Annual Day of Purity activities?What exactly is purity, and more specifically, are these activit...
By Kate Ott
Are tweets about injustice truly "activism"? In this study, author Kate Ott will explain what Twitter is and how it works. She will also explore hashtag campaigns that have been used to call attention to various social and ethical issues and challeng...
By Kate Ott
Technol ogy shapes us just as much as we shape it. In this one- session youth study, "What Digital Story Are You Writing?" high schoolers will take a critical look at their online identities and how they compare to their identities in their Christian...
By Kate Ott
Purity codes have been observed in many religious traditions throughout history. Such codes encompass rules about food, bathing, and relationships. As rules, they are often restrictive and out of date with contemporary culture. In addition, they emph...
By Kate Ott
"Sexting " is the popular name for the act of sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually suggestive photos via a text message on a cell phone or posting pictures on social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace. Some research has shown that tec...