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November 2011

November 04, 2011

Being Found

I was 20 when I became Katherinne’s sponsor. I was an idealist college student with...

November 02, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} The God who comes

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it has meant to me...

October 2011

October 14, 2011

Making Peace with Distance

I’ve been far away for a long time. I used to think of Distance as...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

#Ask5for5 Campaign: Let’s do this, people.

I'm so excited to have Sarah Lenssen guest posting here today. In August, she launched...

September 20, 2011

Green peas, weddings, acorns and more! A Thankful Tuesday post

Yesterday’s lunch when a newly 6-month-old baby was simultaneously consuming and expelling puréed green peas...

August 2011

August 02, 2011

be thankful, be thankful

What a week it’s been. I’m writing this after just returning from “Cousin’s Camp” with...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Pray with me?

Friends, Will you pray with me for Somer and Lance? They are friends of mine...

July 06, 2011

slow, idle, brave

This week, while I’m on vacation, I’ll be re-posting some thoughts from back in the...

June 2011

June 17, 2011

Cotton and Lorraine

Yesterday morning, my 94-year-old Great Aunt Lorraine passed away. She still had dyed flaming red...

May 2011

May 03, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Mystery and the Rally to Restore Unity

If you haven’t heard, Rachel Held Evans has officially declared this week the Rally to...

May 02, 2011

How to be a hero for Mother’s Day: Prosperity Candle and Preemptive Love Coalition

Friends, this is not a regular type of Mama:Monk post and I try to keep...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

On Ripeness and Courage

Why does “full term” have to feel so…full? I once read a lovely book (which...

February 23, 2011

On suffering and joy

As I write this, I’m resting after a good day of hard work and accomplishment....

February 07, 2011

Confessing Fear

Yesterday during time of confession in our worship service, I ran my mind over my...

December 2010

December 22, 2010

Savior of the Nations, Come

For my last post of the Advent season, I'll leave you with this lovely Advent...

December 20, 2010

On Mary: Faith and Doubt

Whenever I spend time reading the biblical story of Mary, the mother of Christ, I...

December 08, 2010

“Come now, let us argue it out…”

That’s the New Reformed Standard Version of Isaiah 1:18. If you’ve read (or heard) this...

November 2010

November 11, 2010

For Pawpaw, on Veteran’s Day

Today is Veteran’s Day. I grew up going to “Veteran’s Day” events with my grandparents...

November 10, 2010

The Great Story

I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly because my two-year-old is obsessed with them. I...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

For Stuey

This weekend, we lost my husband’s grandfather. We spent Saturday grieving and then watched our...

October 13, 2010

Beatitudes

I’ve just finished preparation for leading my Mom’s Group discussion on Wednesday. We’ve been doing...

September 2010

September 24, 2010

Theotokos of the Sign

When Pastor Beverly joined the clergy at our church in the Philadelphia suburbs, I happened...

September 15, 2010

Preemptive Love

This was the first official Thankful Tuesday that you haven’t heard from me. I may...

August 2010

August 12, 2010

Read this, please.

So, it's 10 at night and my son didn't get in bed till 8:40 ish...

August 02, 2010

Why I call myself a “Christian.”

Since Anne Rice’s declaration of her rejection of “Christianity” last week, the blogs I read...

July 2010

July 14, 2010

The Geography of Home

I'm honored that my dear friend, Alysia Yates, agreed to share some of her fascinating...

July 13, 2010

Embracing Brokenness: An Adoption Story

For the rest of the week I will be off (by myself!) at a Benedictine...

July 08, 2010

slow, idle, brave

Today, while zooming through a profile piece on an artist and mother in the New...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Breathing The Jesus Prayer

I met with my spiritual director, Debby, yesterday morning. Have I mentioned yet that she’s...

June 24, 2010

Great is Thy Faithfulness

As I write this it is almost midnight, June 24th. Two years ago at this...