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December 2015

December 17, 2015

Redefining “Fruitful”: Is Procreation a Divine Mandate?

I have an article in the latest issue of Sojourners magazine, looking at fresh theology questioning the...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

After 25 Years of the ADA, What Disabled People Most Want (Hint: It’s Not More Ramps)

Yesterday marked 25 years since President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Let’s Stop Bashing These Christmas Traditions

I’m all for trashing traditions that give us only glitz, gluttony, and maxed-out credit cards....

December 16, 2014

How Much is Too Much for Holiday Giving to Kids?

Three perspectives on why holiday gifts and giving traditions need to be thoughtful, meaningful, and...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

What Happens When We Pray

I don't understand how prayer works. But I believe in a God who is good,...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Separate Sex from Procreation….& End Up in Dystopia?

We progressive Christians like to roll our eyes at the Roman Catholics for their official...

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 05, 2014

Lessons from the Renovation

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

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 06, 2014

Christmas Lasts for Twelve Days, Not One

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

December 2013

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...

November 2013

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...

October 2013

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 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...

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 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 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 13, 2013

Finding God at Rock Bottom

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

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 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...

August 2013

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 01, 2013

The Redemption of the Mundane: My Post at Convergent Books

There's a new imprint in town! Convergent Books is a division of Penguin Random House...

July 2013

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...

July 22, 2013

My Kids Are All Gone, and I Don’t Miss ‘Em

Forty-eight hours. That's how long I have without one. single. child. in my home requiring...

July 18, 2013

I am Pro-Choice, But Jezebel Does Not Speak for Me

My friend and colleague Amy Julia Becker wrote a lovely post on the Christianity Today women's...

July 15, 2013

A Reminder of How Much I Have Forgotten

Originally published on my previous blog on July 23, 2011. For two weeks, while the...