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May 2012

May 07, 2012

No Easy Choice: A Review and a Q&A

Fellow Patheos blogger has written a lovely review of my book, No Easy Choice: A...

May 02, 2012

What My Dogs are Teaching Me About (the Limits of) Grace

Last winter, I wrote a blog post titled "What My Dog Is Teaching Me About...

May 01, 2012

The Scary Side of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Will insurance companies someday help bring about a "Gattaca-like two-tiered society, in which parents with...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

A Conversation About Reproductive Decisions and Faith

I was privileged to have a wonderful conversation several weeks ago with Martha Manikas-Foster, who...

April 13, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Alison Hodgson on Etiquette for Perilous Times

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

April 09, 2012

Believe the Better Story

(Originally published on April 1, 2010 on my former blog, Five Dollars and Some Common...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

A Little Lent Check-In

Spring has fully sprung here in Connecticut. I am a New Englander at heart who...

March 20, 2012

Why I Still Watch “American Idol”

Yes, I know American Idol is passe. The audience numbers are way down. The show...

March 16, 2012

And Now, a Poem About Ice Cream

Golly, things get heavy around here sometimes, don't they? They do. I'm feeling the weight...

March 12, 2012

Basic Info for New Readers Who Read About Me in the Hartford Courant

Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green featured me and my book, No Easy Choice: A Story...

February 2012

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 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 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 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 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 26, 2012

Listen to My Interview on NPR

This morning, I was on my local NPR station (WNPR 90.5 in Hartford) as part...

January 13, 2012

Family Portrait: September 29, 2003

*This is an excerpt from the introduction to my book, No Easy Choice: A Story...