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March 2016

March 18, 2016

Carpe diem and Rest

My kids are sick. Nothing more than a cough and congestion, but some of them...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Weeping With Addicts

On Saturday night, we returned home from a road trip at 1 AM. We looked...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

Hot Mess: A Reflection

I'm sitting down with a quad shot Cubano that I made with a fifteen dollar...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Suffering and the Mind/Body Connection in Mental Illness

Over the last month or so, I've felt debilitatingly sad and overwhelmed. A feeling that...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Why I Am Pro-Life

My second Hyperemetic pregnancy was Miss Mira. I started throwing up at 8 weeks and...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

To My Christian Brothers and Sisters Regarding Rachel Dozeal

As someone who struggles with mental illness, it sounds to me as though this woman...

June 01, 2015

Help and Hope for the Pregnant and Troubled

Someone I know recently obtained an abortion. The woman, herself, is not a Christian, but...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

Words

Please, please, please, let us be more careful with our words. Let our blogs be...

March 2015

March 06, 2015

Redeemed

"Redemption communicates, in a sense, an ongoing state or effect. In Christ, we not only...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Wanted: True Friends (and 10 Steps to Finding Them)

I had my first BFF when I was 5 or 6 years old. One day,...

February 15, 2015

Same

After we've been in the church for a while, I think it is easy to...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Leggings and Burka Culture

I know the author of the article Why I Chose to No Longer Wear Leggings...

January 18, 2015

Snares of Parenthood

How often do we grasp at our children's lives? We are so careful, so particular,...

January 15, 2015

Why I Allow My Girls to Wear Spaghetti-Strap Tops

I don't like doing these types of posts. For starters, I'm trying really hard not...

January 12, 2015

Glimpsing Glory

We had the opportunity to go back and worship with the saints at Trinity Reformed...

December 2014

December 20, 2014

A Personal Word on Audio Sermons

My husband and I were talking about this a couple of days ago, and I...

December 11, 2014

Medical Method Wars

There was a time when it used to surprise folks when they heard my husband...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Mercies

I was looking for a particular photo today and ran across this one. I was...

November 21, 2014

Facebook: Blessing or Curse

So let me ask you: how are you using social media to join you to...

November 21, 2014

The Stealth Ninja that is Holiday Comparison (and how it kinteki-geris joy)

It is snowing outside and the Carnahan household couldn't be more delighted! Snow-bibs and mittens...

November 19, 2014

God Provides

I know this is kinda off topic, but it is such a wonderful example of...