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November 2018

November 30, 2018

7 Reasons To Write

Kelly has a great post up today. I commend it to you, along with this...

November 29, 2018

Click Here To Learn About How To Clean Your House With Children

I had the idiotic idea this week that if I kept the house picked up...

November 09, 2018

7 Saving Takes

You survived the week! So did I, barely. One Yesterday, as you no doubt saw,...

November 04, 2018

Church is Better than Politics, that App, and the Time Change

It is really and truly November. You can know because we’ve had our hour “given”...

November 01, 2018

Trying to Greet my Neighbor

There’s the November rain. It held off through the last dying gasps of October, to...

October 2018

October 26, 2018

7 Takes To Having It All

Ah, the fake end of another long week. Why fake? Because there’s one more birthday...

October 25, 2018

Life Hack: Be Who You Are

[This cat does not care how you organize your life.] All the news is depressingly...

October 24, 2018

I Can Solve This Problem With A New App

The WiFi is cutting out and I slept late. So I was wondering if it...

October 21, 2018

The Cruelty of Letting Go

This was making the rounds earlier—some young man in a flowery T-shirt leaning forward in...

October 17, 2018

At the Name of Jesus Everyone will be Embarrassed

Well, this is depressing, and so is this. The first is Ligonier’s State of Theology,...

October 11, 2018

Let’s Not Weaponize Motherly Rage

To depress myself evermore, I skimmed this, being vaguely curious about the word ‘rage’ which...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Leave Self-Help and Try Radical Dependence Instead

I was on The Ride Home with John and Kathy yesterday (40min mark) complaining about...

September 20, 2018

Anne’s Essential Guide For Not Having To Educate A Woman

A true and wonderful friend posted this where I could see it yesterday. Go on,...

September 16, 2018

Isn’t It Over Yet?

It may be that I just spent twenty minutes scrolling through Pope Francis’ twitter feed...

September 11, 2018

The Word of the Day

[Jesus watching me spin out.] For some of you the word of the day is...

September 09, 2018

If You Don’t Take Care, Who Will?

In a nod to reality, I acknowledged the date and spent a goodly portion of...

September 04, 2018

Meditation Upon the Building of a Brand

File this away under Extremely Depressing. It caught my eye because of the very relevant,...

August 2018

August 19, 2018

A Battle With Baphomet

Couldn’t help clicking on this clearly baiting headline, Satanic Temple Statue Unveiled at the Arkansas...

August 08, 2018

Meditation Upon A List

Woke up to this brilliant and wonderful piece. It’s very short. You’ll want to read...

July 2018

July 20, 2018

7 Timely Takes

Ah, Friday, I don’t deserve you. One Tried waking up at a normal time all...

June 2018

June 17, 2018

The Life Changing Magic of Volunteering at Church

Matt and I are safely in Jerusalem, lying back in a travel weary fog, trying...

May 2018

May 20, 2018

Where Should The Missionary Go?

Yesterday was crazy busy and I missed the #royalwedding. Don’t spoil it for me because...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

Measuring out a Table in the Wilderness

I got to be on the Ride Home With John and Kathy yesterday, talking about...

April 22, 2018

Ecclesiastes For Earth Day

Facebook reminded me just this moment that today is Earth Day, inviting me to share...

April 20, 2018

7 Takes in Self-Improvement

It's Friday, did you know? One Apparently, the weather is going to shift soon, as...

April 11, 2018

You Say You Know But You Don’t Really Know

This is the best thing. I read it twice because, I told myself, I needed...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

What Happens On Good Friday

[Jesus watching me flail.] I've got a bunch of blog posts half written, shoved in...

March 11, 2018

No Ways To Cope With DST

It's time, once again, to complain about Daylight Savings Time. And that's because I just...

February 2018

February 15, 2018

I’m Probably Going To Just Peacock My Way Through Lent

I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to depend even more than usual on my...

February 14, 2018

Ashes for Love

To prove my holiness both to God and to myself, I got up really early...