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February 2018

February 13, 2018

Every Day is Lent

As usual, I'm really looking forward to Lent. I think it's because Lent is essentially...

February 07, 2018

Carry Your Cross To Coffee Hour

Given that I have The Worst Flu in the world, so bad that it rises...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

Truth, Goodness, and Beauty at the Cross

One of the refrains Anthony Esolen returns to throughout Out of the Ashes is the...

January 25, 2018

Courage in the Courtroom

In Rachael Denhollander's face I am compelled to see a modern, beautiful Tamar, tearing her...

January 21, 2018

The Kon Mari Method For Your Church

I finished the Life Changing Magic of Tidying up a bit ago--lots to quibble with,...

January 03, 2018

It’s The Worry That Makes It Interesting

[This cat disapproves of all your clothes and you in general.] I trust you didn't...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

Getting Wisdom In A New Year

If you want to be happy, you’re heart is going to have to find wisdom...

December 30, 2017

In Which I Make Resolutions For The New Year

Santa is really all about grace, or should be. There shouldn't be any seeing you...

December 21, 2017

Putting the Win Back Into Winsome

Got to be on the Ride Home with John and Kathy yesterday, about the 15...

December 20, 2017

10 Steps to a Stress Free Christmas

The main headline on Drudge this morning--well, that one above the headline--is that eight out...

December 17, 2017

Laughing at Death

We are well into the clambering season of Christmas movie argumentation. There are ten or...

December 10, 2017

Kon Mari and a Manger

Due to the miraculous wonder of Amazon, and her silent, insouciant scroll and Buy Now...

November 2017

November 19, 2017

The Best Way to be Thankful

I don't know about you, but inevitably, in the mad dash from Thanksgiving to Christmas,...

November 17, 2017

7 Takes to Giving Thanks

You can just go and rest in the familiarity of the once yearly dinner, the...

November 10, 2017

7 Takes to Thinking Deeply

It's Friday! That means Takes! One The sky is full of clouds and rumors of...

November 09, 2017

If Your Marriage Isn’t Working, Try This

You can’t make yourself happy, and the other person can’t make you happy, so what...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

An Encouraging Word for Mothers of Small Children

In a world where you are supposed to control everything--your car, your house, yourself, your...

September 07, 2017

Let Me Give You Some Advice

But you know, if you gave me a million bucks, and I got my hair,...

September 01, 2017

7 Takes to Integrating Life and Knowledge

No one, no matter what they say, has all the kinds of knowledge perfectly aligned....

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Self Care on Sunday

[Jesus wondering why you say you love that smoothie.] I spent an indulgent hour this...

August 25, 2017

7 Takes To A Happy Place

How 'bout some Takes. Let's see if we can get all the way to seven....

August 18, 2017

7 Boring Takes

Friday! Takes! One Didn't realize it was Friday. Haven't known what day it is all...

August 16, 2017

It’s Not Self Care When I Do It

How bout an outrage break? There are plenty of things to do besides obsessing over...

August 13, 2017

Does God Have An Answer for Charlottesville?

Americans have no idea what kind of horror they court, by dancing with violence.

August 04, 2017

Adulting, Social Media and the Properties of Parenting

I just read this long and gloomy article on my phone, it's bright shiny screen...

August 02, 2017

The Proper Way To Fold A Sock

A goodly portion of my 'time off' so far has been sorting through cupboards and...

August 01, 2017

What Does It Take To Get Some Rest

[Me sitting in my chair, awake but not working.] So here I am, smack in...

July 2017

July 16, 2017

A Sacred Sunday Morning

In unusual fashion, the house is a disaster area and nobody is really ready for...

July 13, 2017

The Message, the Belong Tour, and the Lost Millennial

So, it seems, that Eugene Peterson searched his feelings and discovered that the LGBT community...

July 12, 2017

Death or Vacation

I know it sounds crazy, but we are going to take a vacation this year,...