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Tweeting my Theology

When I went to seminary, there was concern. Friends whispered. Had I gone rogue? Or...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

Poetry Friday: “New Year, Good Work”

A delightful scene is set in this poem. At the start of the new year,...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

A Farmer’s Lament

Last weekend, I cooked lunch for three farmers. One of them was my husband. The...

March 2016

March 01, 2016

So Much for the American Dream

My six-year-old son caught me off guard. “I wish we had a backyard,” he said...

October 2015

October 06, 2015

Tale of the Lucky and the Star-Crossed

They say that luck is where hard work meets opportunity. But often the ones who...

June 2015

June 03, 2015

The Science and Sundayness of Play

This post was made possible through the support of a grant from The BioLogos Foundation’s...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Complimentary Angles

Cristin slammed the kitchen door behind her when she came home from work a few...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

Genius(es) Wanted

Guest Post By Santiago Ramos Where do literary geniuses come from? Or should the question...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Sisyphus with a Lawnmower

I hate mowing the lawn. I hate lawnmowers. Our unkempt yard stands out among our...

June 2013

June 09, 2013

Nebuchadnezzar, Nevermore

Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Halos and Other Important Things

By Jessica Eddings-Roeser Guest Post In second grade my mom put me in an art...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Art at the Crossroads, Part 2

Continued from Friday In order to start treating being an artist more like a...

June 22, 2012

Art at the Crossroads, Part One

Have leisure and know that I am God. —Psalm 65:11 For a long time...

June 03, 2012

Making Rules for Life

For my forty-first birthday, I decided to write a personal rule of life. Turning forty...

June 01, 2012

From Sophocles to Twin Peaks: What Killed Laura Palmer?

One of the toughest and most important jobs I have as an English professor at...