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February 2014

February 16, 2014

A Women’s Conference For The Mind (And Heart, Soul, and Strength)

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

Review: God’s Forever Family

Why should the devil have all the good music? If those words immediately trigger a...

January 21, 2014

God Doesn’t Want Christian Clones

know people who pepper their spiritual talk by quoting Beth Moore's pithy observations, Joyce Meyer's...

January 15, 2014

What Happens At Your Church After An Older Leader Hands Over The Mic?

Earlier this week, 78 year-old Dr. Tony Campolo announced he would be closing the doors of...

January 15, 2014

Review: The Rebbe’s Army

They leave the security of family and community to travel to the ends of the...

January 02, 2014

Beer, Dr. Spock, And The Parenting Advice I Needed Most

When I gave birth to my first child in 1983 at age 24, I realized...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

Why We Love/Loathe New Year’s Resolutions

Hello, 2014. I see you peeking around the corner, waiting to enter the room. Come...

December 26, 2013

Content Trumps Character? The Real Message Of Disclaimer Labels On Theological Books

The recent uproar surrounding charges of plagiarism swirling around some of Mark Driscoll (click here...

December 21, 2013

When Merry Is A Million Miles Away

At Christmas, the image of an intact nuclear family is at the center of it...

December 14, 2013

On Building Fences Around Fences (Part 2)

Click here to read part one of this post. It takes a lot of hard...

December 10, 2013

On Building Fences Around Fences (Part 1)

Recently, I ran across this list, reprinted from Wayne Grudem's* 2006 book about gender roles...

October 2013

October 27, 2013

A Digital Pause

I've been blogging since 2006. I had no grand plan or Big Message when I...

October 20, 2013

No Swimming Allowed (Part 1)

John MacArthur's recent Strange Fire conference was a hot topic around the Christian blogosphere last...

October 05, 2013

Called to be the father?

You know how it is when you hear a sentence that simultaneously upends and undoes...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

My 3:30 AM Husband

True confession: I have a slight case of bigamy going. Relax. I've never actually met...

September 18, 2013

40+ And The Church / When Christian Ambition Fades To Gray

I was in a room with a bunch of young pastors-in-training, and commented to a...

September 08, 2013

Gifts Of A Pilgrim’s Road Trip Church Journey

For several years, I served as the Communications Director for a ministry that networked Evangelical...

September 06, 2013

The “C” Word: Prayer Request For Some Friends

I walked out of a meeting on Tuesday afternoon and checked my phone for messages....

August 2013

August 28, 2013

40+ And The Church / Beyond Recreation Therapy?

Since I started writing and speaking about midlifers' changing relationship with the local church, various...

August 25, 2013

Review: Tent Of David

"I wish I were Jewish. I just love the Jewish people!" When some Christians learn...

August 21, 2013

Pilgrim’s Road Trip #14: On ‘Moving On’

We live as exiles. We’re called to be pilgrims. I am journeying through Scripture, stopping...

August 16, 2013

Postscript To My Announcement Last Week

Last Friday, I shared the news here I'd be attending school this fall. I'm so...

August 14, 2013

Thinking About Home Schooling Your Kids?

Back-to-school is in the air this month, and another generation of parents is trying to...

August 09, 2013

An Unexpected New Season Begins

In 2012, I wrote a post for Christianity Today's Her.meneutics blog entitled, "When Higher Education...

August 06, 2013

Who Raised These Millennials Anyway?

We once sang about hoping to die before we got old, but quite a few...

August 05, 2013

40+ Case Study: Jeanette

Sarah Bessey, a gifted thirty-something writer, noted in her post last week at Christianity Today's...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

40+ And The Church podcast

Click the link below to listen to (or download) the podcast of my conversation with...

July 25, 2013

Big Kids, Big Prayers

Little kids, little problems...big kids, big problems? When I was a young parent of three...

July 22, 2013

Women Of The Web

On some of my favorite blogs, I can read about a married woman debating friendship with...

July 18, 2013

Remembering Joy On A Day Of Mourning

My dad died on his 64th birthday, 16 years ago. You can't see it in...