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October 2012

October 17, 2012

Why I am a Christian Democrat

A friend recently watched, helpless and aggrieved, as her husband—a philosophy professor at a conservative...

October 12, 2012

On Writing, Reading, and Seeking Direction

I feel I owe regular readers of this blog an apology...or at minimum, an explanation....

October 09, 2012

Homework: A Parent’s Plea for Quality over Quantity

Note to my regular audience: This blog post is meant to jump start a conversation...

October 01, 2012

Christian Ethics 101: Ethical Decisions about Money, How We Live, and Our “Stuff”

This week, in the class I'm teaching at my Episcopal Church on Christian Ethics, we...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Christian Ethics 101: What Makes Ethics “Christian”?

I am teaching a five-week course at my Episcopal church on Christian ethics. In tandem...

September 21, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: LaVonne Neff on Healthcare Rationing

On Fridays, I publicize work by other writers. I focus often but not exclusively on...

September 20, 2012

What Shane Claiborne (& Mother Teresa!) Got Wrong: On Being the Body of Christ with Imperfect Bodies

Last spring, I heard a terrific talk from Shane Claiborne at the Festival of Faith...

September 13, 2012

I’m Off (Following the Connecticut Author Trail…)

I'm taking a couple of days off of blogging. Today, my pal (and very talented...

September 11, 2012

Before Everything Changed

(Adapted from a post originally published on my former blog, Five Dollars and Some Common...

September 11, 2012

God, Gratitude and Suffering: The Basics

On this day in which we remember another September 11—a day on which too many...

September 10, 2012

Fed Up with “The Church”? Try a Different One (Maybe Even in the Mainline!)

In a hugely popular post titled "Confessions of an Accidental Feminist," blogger, author, and evangelical...

September 06, 2012

An Untold Story About Prescription Painkillers (Mine)

I take prescription painkillers every day, but I am not an addict. According to the...

September 04, 2012

The Life and Death of My Tattoo: Postscript

People keep talking about my tattoo. Everyone has a different take on the story of...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Chris Travis on How Our Insignificant Work Becomes Significant

On Fridays, I publicize work by other writers. I focus often but not exclusively on...

August 29, 2012

Lessons from Acadia

We just returned from a quick, relatively last-minute family trip to Acadia National Park and...

August 24, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Rachel Marie Stone on Loving Our Neighbor By Getting Our Kids Vaccinated

On Fridays, I share links to blog posts by other writers. I link often but...

August 21, 2012

The Myth of the Overscheduled Child

My kids are sometimes overscheduled, but not for the reason you think. (Oh, and they're...

August 14, 2012

The Summer of My Bench (or, Everyday Resurrections)

I spend several hours a day sitting on this bench in our front yard. ...

August 06, 2012

The Life and Death of My Tattoo

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to get a tattoo. This idea came out...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Six Annoying Things that Readers Say To and About Bloggers

One commenter to my essay on the New York Times Motherlode blog last week, in...

July 30, 2012

We Pushed Our Luck, and Got This Guy: Deciding to Have the Third Baby

(Editorial Note: I'm including an excerpt from my book below, so this is more an...

July 27, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: More Voices on the Colorado Shooting, Guns, and Violence

Every Friday, I share links to blog posts by other writers. I link often but...

July 25, 2012

Three Things I’ve Learned from Adopting a Puppy

If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that we've had some hard...

July 25, 2012

Five Lessons from My Post on Gun Control

A few things I learned from Monday's post on guns and the shooting at an...

July 22, 2012

For Christians, Gun Control Should Be a No-Brainer. Why Isn’t It?

Again, I awake to news of an inexplicable mass shooting, people gunned down in the...

July 17, 2012

Plugging in Again….A Little Reluctantly

Did I say I was taking a three-week break from blogging? Yes. Yes I did....

June 2012

June 11, 2012

Summer Starts Now (On My Blog, At Least)

I'm taking a three-week blog vacation, starting today, though I'll still be hanging around on...

June 08, 2012

That Darn Camel: Choosing Where to Give (and a Plug for the World Food Program)

This is the final post in a series of five posts exploring money and faith....

June 07, 2012

That Darn Camel: Raising Conscientious Kids in a Stuff-Oriented Culture

by Jennifer Grant This is the fourth of a series of five posts exploring money...

June 06, 2012

That Darn Camel: Money Makes My Head Spin (But I Talk About It Anyway)

by Tim Fall This is the third of a series of five posts exploring money...