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March 2012

March 14, 2012

Three Things I Admire About Catholic Reproductive Ethics

As a lifelong Protestant, I'm always surprised to find myself defending Catholic positions on reproductive...

March 13, 2012

Bloggers: What’s the Best Thing You’ve Ever Written? Want to Share It?

A few weeks ago, a blogger friend sent me a link to something he wrote,...

March 09, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Elizabeth Nordquist on Walking as Spiritual Discipline

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

March 08, 2012

Why I Wrote a Wishy-Washy Book

In re-reading Kathleen Norris's sort-of-memoir Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life,...

March 07, 2012

Who Should Read My Book? And Why?

Yesterday, I had a great conversation at a local coffeehouse with Rick Green, a columnist...

March 06, 2012

Praying to a God Who Cares About Suffering Nations, and Also My Dog

Although I've struggled with prayer for my entire adult life, I think I've finally found...

March 05, 2012

February’s Top Posts: Disabilities, Lent, and Why I Go To Church

I'm catching up on a number of articles and blog posts I owe to other...

March 02, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Brian McLaren on Adding Something During Lent

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

The God of Whiners

Last Thursday, my writer-blogger-OI-mom friend Rachel and I (we refer to ourselves as the "OI...

February 24, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Adam McHugh on Dealing with Criticism

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

February 23, 2012

Revisiting the Daisies (Or, Why the Online World Isn’t All Bad)

My Facebook news feed yesterday morning was full of good-byes from friends who will fast...

February 22, 2012

Lent 2012: Breaking the Cycle of Bad Habits

I’ve been in a bit of a rut recently. I’m sad about what’s happening with...

February 21, 2012

Five Really Bad Excuses for Parking in a Handicapped Space When You Shouldn’t

Several years ago, I drove my daughter Leah to school one icy morning. Because slippery,...

February 20, 2012

Six Ways to Be Hospitable Toward People with Disabilities

Update: This post refers to people with physical disabilities. I would love to hear hospitality...

February 17, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Dilshad Ali on “Extreme Parenting”

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

February 16, 2012

Observations from My Book Launch

Observation 1: I really love public speaking. I had a great time speaking at my...

February 15, 2012

Q&A on Christians, IVF, and PGD

Over on her new blog hosted by Religion News Service, my ever-fabulous editor Jana Riess...

February 15, 2012

My Huffington Post Article: 5 Tips for People of Faith Considering Reproductive Technology

I have a short essay on the Huffington Post today offering some very broad advice...

February 14, 2012

A New Wedding Ring for Valentine’s Day

In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm re-posting this essay that appeared last year on my...

February 10, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Diana Butler Bass (and Others) on the HHS Contraception Mandate

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

February 09, 2012

When Unconditional Love Isn’t Enough

There's a hazard to "living out loud," to writing as a memoirist who pens intimate...

February 07, 2012

Why I Go to Church

I don't particularly like going to church. In college, I loved my InterVarsity Christian Fellowship...

February 02, 2012

How a Diagnosis Can Both Help and Hurt

Looking back again at my post last week on prenatal screening for disabilities, I was...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

An Early Review of “No Easy Choice”

As reviewers and bloggers start receiving their copies of my new book No Easy Choice:...

January 28, 2012

Watch “How to Get Published” on WHC-TV

Connecticut readers: In February, I will be appearing on a local community TV talk show,...

January 26, 2012

When in Doubt, Send Food

I used to think it was a little silly, the way so many of us...

January 24, 2012

Four Ways for Writers to Be Good Neighbors in Cyberspace (and Promote Our Own Work Too)

Writers today (particularly nonfiction) must have a robust online presence, particularly if we hope to...

January 20, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Nadia Bolz-Weber on an Embodied Faith

I'm starting a new Friday tradition of linking to a post from one of my...

January 18, 2012

I Never Did Like Group Projects…

Group projects. Does anyone (besides teachers) actually like them? I hated group projects when I...

January 17, 2012

Today’s the Day

January 17, 2012. The day my book, No Easy Choice: A Story of Disability, Parenthood,...