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March 2012

March 07, 2012

Who Should Read My Book? And Why?

Yesterday, I had a great conversation at a local coffeehouse with Rick Green, a columnist...

March 01, 2012

A Mom Asks Santorum to “Meet My Son”

Presidential contender Rick Santorum recently criticized the Obama administration's health care reform because it requires...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

The God of Whiners

Last Thursday, my writer-blogger-OI-mom friend Rachel and I (we refer to ourselves as the "OI...

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 15, 2012

My Huffington Post Article: 5 Tips for People of Faith Considering Reproductive Technology

I have a short essay on the Huffington Post today offering some very broad advice...

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 03, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Nancy French on a New Daughter’s Love of Beautiful Things

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

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 26, 2012

When in Doubt, Send Food

I used to think it was a little silly, the way so many of us...

January 19, 2012

Women and Children First

Nick Kristof wrote last weekend about the American Academy of Pediatrics' new policy statement on...

January 13, 2012

Family Portrait: September 29, 2003

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

January 11, 2012

What My Dog is Teaching Me About Grace

These first two months with our rescue dog, Eddie, have taught me more about grace,...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

10 Favorite Blog Posts from 2011

I thought I'd join the blogger bandwagon and finish up my week of year-end lists...