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January 2017

January 27, 2017

7 Suffering Takes

It's Friday, and that means Takes One If you're looking for a good workout, Kelly...

January 10, 2017

Being a Christian on Social Media

Not all of you, dear readers, are my true and sublime Facebook friends, although many...

January 07, 2017

Book and House Notes

There are still lots of thing that I need to put away, now that Christmas...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

7 Narcissistic Takes

I was busying trying to write something mean, funny and poignant about Lena Dunham (I...

December 17, 2016

Notes from Home: Parenting and Reading

Facebook informs me that today is Bart Gingerich's birthday. If you don't know who he...

December 16, 2016

7 Amazed Takes

One I've had a bit of a strange week. If you wanted to know why...

December 09, 2016

7 Roiling Takes

One Didn't mean to become all Book all the time, but considering that I only...

December 07, 2016

Wordy Wednesday: The Book

Monday night I had to stay up blisteringly late--till ten o'clock or something completely ghastly....

December 03, 2016

Adventy Home, Book and Kitchen Notes

Don't have a lot of time because I have to go wander around Walmart. I'd...

December 01, 2016

It’s Almost Christmas and I Wrote a Book So

So of course I thought I would just mention it here. You can get it...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

You Can’t Have It All

Every so often I take a break from the various political podcasts I fill my...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Reformation Day Podcast and Links

We've climbed back on the bus of our usual routine and done up a little...

October 18, 2016

Perfection, Anger, and the Cover of my Book

"Boy," I said to a friend yesterday evening, "I botched the glorious reveal of my...

October 17, 2016

Why Yes, She is Holding a Sharp Implement

Good Moaning. Trying to move myself along through the day. And that means doing everything...

October 12, 2016

Just Read It

I came across this brilliant article yesterday which confirms all my personal feelings and suspicions...

October 11, 2016

One Easy Simple Way To Become Perfectly Happy

This is a really great article, even if it happens to be at Vox. You...

August 2016

August 27, 2016

Saturday on the Book and Marriage Links

Podcast this week is a scintillating discussion of how to get your wife to stop...

August 12, 2016

It’s the Fault of the Building

Was going to save this article for tomorrow, because it's exactly the sort of thing I...

August 06, 2016

Saturday on the Book Links

Podcast this morning--Anglican Update, what makes a good church versus a bad one, what are...

August 02, 2016

Write Every Day

Tragically, I have been up for two hours already, reading reading reading my own book....

June 2016

June 09, 2016

Confessions of a Bad Reader

My husband tried to command me to blog about Rachel Held Evans saying something or...

June 08, 2016

In Which I Read The Pursuing God

I have been lugging around a modicum of guilt the last many weeks. Right before...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Bits and Pieces

It is a bright sunny morning, and the hillside is almost completely covered with green....

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Privilege and Pym: The Feminist Ruination of Help

Part of my fantastical week of rest (that was just a little joke) included rereading...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

Not Alone~A Book About Miscarriage and Infertility

Many moons ago I was given the chance to read a new book called Not...

November 2015

November 13, 2015

7 Ordinary Time Takes

One I guess it must be admitted that we're coming on towards Advent. Feel terribly...

November 07, 2015

Good Books for the Weekend

Normally all I do is read the internet, but for some perverse reason, I found...

November 03, 2015

Biblical Womanhood That Wasn’t

I was recently able to acquire for myself a copy of Rachel Held Evans' A...

November 02, 2015

Weekend Bits

I trust everyone is alive and well after the busy weakened. We were all having...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

From Whence is Jesus Calling?

So yesterday I noticed, and how could I not, that the Jesus in Sarah Young'...