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December 2012

December 04, 2012

Busy Hands, Quiet Heart: Thoughts On Advent

Confession: Every time I come across advice from a fellow Christian urging us to slow...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

What the Real St. Nicholas Teaches Us About Gift Giving

When I picked up Adam C. English's new book, The Saint Who Would be Santa...

November 26, 2012

A Proposal for a Longer Christmas Season…In the OTHER Direction

In addition to the oft-bemoaned retail practice of filling shelves with Christmas goods as soon...

November 23, 2012

I Don’t Want to Be an Inspiration, I Just Want to Be Human

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

November 21, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 3 – Thanksgiving

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. My identity as an Episcopalian stems...

November 20, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 2 – Adventures in Church Shopping

Read Part 1 of this series here. My husband Daniel and I met at the...

November 19, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 1 – A Detour into Evangelicalism

Patheos has invited bloggers to reflect this month on what we are grateful for in...

November 16, 2012

Which Story Do You Live By?

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I'm devoting Fridays from...

November 15, 2012

Jewish Views on Reproductive Technology: Part 2

This is the second of two posts on Jewish perspectives on reproductive technology. I posted...

November 14, 2012

Jewish Views on Reproductive Technology: Part 1

Frequently, when discussing reproductive issues (abortion, repro tech, etc.) among Christians, Old Testament scriptures come...

November 12, 2012

What Hobbits Have Taught Me About God’s Providence

My husband and I are Lord of the Rings movie junkies. I believe I could...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

What We Can Learn from Johnny Appleseed

One of my family's cherished, non-negotiable traditions, ranking right up there with summer camping trips...

October 26, 2012

Why We Take Our Kids to Church…Even When It’s a Hassle

Several years ago, I wrote a blog post titled "Confessions of a Church-Skipping Mom." At...

October 20, 2012

On Going Viral

Well, this has been interesting. As of right now, my post on "Why I am...

October 18, 2012

Remembering Louis: On the Limits of Charity and the Need for a Government Safety Net

It took me a while to figure Louis out. Like all of the people, mostly...

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...

September 2012

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...

August 2012

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...

July 2012

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

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 24, 2012

“No Easy Choice”: Driving People Nuts Since 2012

My favorite line in writer, reviewer, and all-around nice person LaVonne Neff's review of my...

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 18, 2012

Valuing Life, Preventing Suffering: A Central Tension in Genetic Screening for Disability

I'm attending and speaking at the 3rd annual Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, held...

June 2012

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...

June 04, 2012

That Darn Camel: My Struggle with Tithing

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye...

June 01, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Katherine Willis Pershey on Marriage, Motherhood, and Ministry

Every Friday, I feature something written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Do I Hate My Life? No. But I Do Hate My Disability.

Thomas, a reader who has the same bone disorder I do (osteogenesis imperfecta, or OI)...