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February 2014

February 17, 2014

Why Do Parents Choose to Screen for Disabilities?

Imagine you are standing at an intersection with your child, waiting for a walk light...

February 14, 2014

On Valentine’s Day, Love (Not Romance) is What Matters

Our Valentine's Day celebrations are even more pathetic understated than usual this year. Many years, Daniel...

February 11, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Scares Me for a Different Reason

The same medication that I take every day, in doses that would leave most of...

February 10, 2014

Ode to a Minivan

I love my minivan for lots of reasons having to do with convenience, but also...

February 05, 2014

Lessons from the Renovation

Our kitchen renovation has been going on for one entire day, and I'm already tired...

February 04, 2014

God Does Not Make Me Happy (or Three Things I Learned About My Relationship with God)

Last weekend, I went on a one-night retreat with my church's vestry. (In an Episcopal...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Our Home’s Resurrection Continues with a Kitchen Renovation

Next week, we start a major kitchen renovation. I promise this will not morph into...

January 23, 2014

What We Can and Can’t Know About Our Babies Before They are Born

In using genetic screening to ensure that our baby would not inherit my painful bone...

January 22, 2014

An Op Ed Loaded with Oversimplifications about Abortion & Adoption

I've avoided writing about abortion for a while. It's an issue tangential to my core...

January 20, 2014

MLK’s “Single Garment of Destiny” & Slavery’s Legacy

My friend Kate was featured on NPR's "Race Card" project last week, talking about her family's history...

January 08, 2014

Painfully Aware of the Abyss: A Review of Holly Burkhalter’s “Good God, Lousy World, & Me”

I once read a novel in which the protagonist divided humankind into two categories: those...

January 07, 2014

Deep in a Place of Exile, Waiting for the Return

I don't much like when people I care about are deep in the "exile" part...

January 06, 2014

Christmas Lasts for Twelve Days, Not One

As I wrote last year, I mourn the commercialization and hype of Christmas less than...

January 01, 2014

My (Unmeasurable) New Year’s Resolutions

The time seems right for me to make some resolutions for 2014. Because I broke...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

My Most Popular Posts of 2013

Here's a round-up of my most popular blog posts of 2013. Perhaps there's something here...

December 30, 2013

This is What Angels Do

I pray that I will always be willing and able to respond to God’s call,...

December 23, 2013

God with Us, Even When Christmas Stinks

Many things can get in the way of the happy, sparkling Christmas celebrations to which...

December 18, 2013

A Busy Advent Doesn’t Make You a Bad Christian

When she was only two days old, my firstborn was the subject of an Advent...

December 17, 2013

Broken Ribs, Crooked Backs, & Seeing Our Vulnerable Selves Reflected in Another

Having a body that defies cultural norms as mine does (it is crooked, uneven, lumpy,...

December 16, 2013

Books to Read and Give: My 2013 Favorites

As many of you know, I fell on the ice a couple of weeks ago,...

December 13, 2013

On Grace, and Its Absence? One Year After Sandy Hook

It has been a year since I gathered with other parents in my children's elementary...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Stuck in the Middle with Bonhoeffer

So, this arrived on my doorstep about two weeks ago. I agreed to read and...

November 26, 2013

What is Your Deep Gladness?

This past weekend, my church parish hall resonated with the voices of young actors and...

November 21, 2013

Should Able-Bodied People Ever Use a Handicapped Bathroom Stall?

Last week, writing for Everyday Feminism, Erin Tatum offered a terrific list of 10 Ways to Avoid...

November 19, 2013

“We can just love them”: Adoptive Parents on Their Kids with Special Needs

In honor of National Adoption Month, I'm featuring below an excerpt from Love You More: The...

November 14, 2013

The Mass Shooting You Probably Don’t Know About

There was a mass shooting last week that went uncovered by the national news. It...

November 13, 2013

How to Promote Yourself (& Others) Without Driving People Crazy

In my online group of women writers, we've been discussing Kat Stoeffel's article on New York...

November 12, 2013

God is a Trick of the Light

It was a trick of the light, I knew. But oh, what a trick. Driving...

November 11, 2013

Redeeming My Grocery Routine to Feed Those Who Are Hungry

Of all the chores, I loathe grocery shopping the most. There are just so many...

November 08, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Problem with Universal Self-Esteem Boosts

It has become a cultural cliché, how our children are bombarded with efforts to raise...