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November 2013

November 04, 2013

My Story, and My Take on Narrative Ethics, in a Nutshell

I have a cover article in the current issue of the Christian Century that summarizes the...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Still Point

We live in a heavily wooded neighborhood with an unfortunate preponderance of oak trees. Oaks...

October 22, 2013

Let the Kids Keep Their *@$%#^ Halloween Candy!

This is an updated version of a piece originally published as an op ed in...

October 21, 2013

Pray Honestly. God Can Take It.

At my Episcopal church's Sunday service a few weeks ago, we read Psalm 137 aloud....

October 18, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Just Look Up

This is a photo of nothing more than the blue sky over my daughter's middle...

October 17, 2013

Do I Still Think Overscheduled Kids are a Myth? Yes…Sort Of

A little more than a year ago, I wrote that I believe the prevalent notion...

October 16, 2013

Did the Resurrection Happen? And Does It Matter?

Two fellow bloggers on the Patheos Progressive Christian Channel held a polite but pointed discussion...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

The Radical Hospitality of Learning to Live with All My Kids’ Stuff

I am taking the week off from producing any new writing. Instead, I am doing...

September 27, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] What My Kids and My Garden Have in Common

I struggled to find a good photo subject for today's post. Right now, most of...

September 24, 2013

A Story About the Abundance, and Absence, of Memory and Faith

Walker has written a story about Alzheimer's, yes, and about her mother, and about her....

September 23, 2013

Why I Love Pope Francis’s Radical (Not Really) Take on the Gospel

I am enamored of Pope Francis. Every time he clarifies what he believes about the...

September 20, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] I Wrote a Book. Want One?

I will confess something that will be not at all surprising to most of you,...

September 19, 2013

Made by God in Rainbow Hues: On Raising a Gender Nonconforming Child

Yesterday my son came down in one of his more glittery, fabulous shirts—a shirt purchased...

September 17, 2013

“Wonder” and the Paradoxes of Living with a Disability

R.J. Palacio's young adult novel Wonder tells the story of Auggie, a boy with a severe facial...

September 16, 2013

Did Jesus Get Cranky Too? Thoughts on an Incarnational Faith

I snapped at my daughter the other night over something trivial. As I helped her...

September 14, 2013

Does Inciting a “Wave of Fear” Sound Like a Christian Response?

I could cite (and have cited) statistics about why I support common sense gun reforms,...

September 13, 2013

Finding God at Rock Bottom

Karen Beattie and her husband went through a difficult few years. She was unexpectedly laid...

September 12, 2013

Bodily Betrayal, Redeemed by Love

John Green’s bestselling young-adult novel The Fault in Our Stars is a love story about two teenagers,...

September 10, 2013

Caring for the Small and Vulnerable

At the end of each day, somewhere around 9 p.m., comes this moment: I let...

September 06, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Summer and Fall in Tandem

I walked outside after my book group meeting last night around 10:30, and the air...

September 05, 2013

How Screens are NOT Ruining My Family’s Life (& Maybe Even Making It Better)

This headline from the Huffington Post: “8 Ways Screens are Ruining Your Family’s Life.” Ah,...

September 04, 2013

The Brilliance and Beauty of a Marriage, Lost (& Found) in the Mess of Everyday Life

My lost-then-found diamond has become a metaphor for our marriage—lasting and solid and brilliant even...

September 03, 2013

Grappling for a Christian Response to Syria

Oh, but this is an uncomfortable place to be, this place of uncertainty, where we...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The kids went back to school on Wednesday, all smiles and energy. (The teenager left...

August 29, 2013

Passing on the Faith: Community Trumps Theology

In church choir, my children are learning what it means not just to go to...

August 18, 2013

On Disquiet Time and Chickens

Hello friends. I am popping in to say that I will be blogging minimally between...

August 12, 2013

Mainline Churches—A New Home for Disaffected Evangelicals?

By now, it's old news that one in five Americans, including one-third of adults under 30,...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Why “Sophia” is My Favorite Word for Praying

One of the great pleasures of the past year has been getting to know Micha...

July 29, 2013

The Only Really Honest Ones? Addiction and Grace in “Sober Mercies”

I recently reviewed Heather Kopp's memoir, Sober Mercies: How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk...

July 26, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Married 16 Years Today

We fill our walls here on Oak Ridge Lane not with fine art (we have...