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January 2021

January 27, 2021

Blogging, Gloria the Cat, and What to do About All the Unhappiness

It was not my intention to take two whole days off of blogging. Several bad...

January 24, 2021

Hope In A Cynical Age

I'm over at Stand Firm today. I was committed to staying away from inauguration stuff,...

January 21, 2021

Who Brings Princes To Nothing

This is really super long and interesting--well, the first half is good but then it...

January 14, 2021

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Well, this is interesting. The New Apostolic Reformation end of the church-going spectrum appears to...

January 13, 2021

Where Would I Even Go?

Me at home looking at my beautiful purses and then putting them away again. I...

January 10, 2021

When We Were Literally Herod

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Today at home, and at church I think, I’m...

January 07, 2021

We Should Not Be Surprised

America this morning, thinking about itself. Well, good morning, probably. This turned out to be...

January 06, 2021

The Doom Scroll In Jesus Name Awoman

So anyway, I don't know how to blog without scrolling endlessly through the internet. I...

January 05, 2021

So Yeah, There Is Such A Thing As An Epiphany

I wasn't looking for more things to be irritated about--especially with my new resolution to...

January 03, 2021

Why Do I Call Myself Good?

I'm still enjoying my last day off and so here is my recent article for...

December 2020

December 10, 2020

Thoughts and Prayers upon the Occasion of Procuring a Christmas Tree

As a staunch observer of Advent, in my soul, I am always wishing we would...

December 09, 2020

What You Do In Your Living Room Actually Does Matter

Picking up from yesterday--here is a whole world I didn't even know existed. I don't...

December 01, 2020

Another Gospel–Read It

I’ve been sitting with this book on my desk for the last two weeks every...

November 2020

November 17, 2020

Peace and War and Peace

There was an interesting piece a long time ago on Patheos, the writer of which...

November 12, 2020

A Review of Didn’t See That Coming

Meant to post earlier, obviously, but I was sleeping, so. I'm over at CRI this...

November 11, 2020

Truth Shoves Its Way In

First of all, if you like the new Nailed It (or the old one!) it...

November 08, 2020

Till the Break of Day

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Apparently, Mr. Biden made a speech yesterday and in...

November 05, 2020

Things to do Instead of Caring about the Election

I already don’t really care, except in a sort of detached way, but maybe you...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Where We Could Pretend Things Were Normal

Well, the first thing to say is Thank You. In a very few hours the...

October 23, 2020

7 Takes on the Family

It’s Friday, and everyone is still asleep, so I guess I’ll try to put something...

October 22, 2020

Is The Pope Catholic?

Sorry, couldn't resist a little joke. Of course he's Catholic. Still trying out the youtube...

October 15, 2020

The Road Back To Where?

This went up over at the Christian Research Institute last week, but I'm putting it...

October 14, 2020

What Choice Do You Have?

I'm over at Stand Firm today. I had hoped to sleep off my general discouragement...

October 08, 2020

Podcasts about the Enneagram

Goodness, it's late. All the partying yesterday got the better of me. I'm just popping...

October 06, 2020

Prosperity That Leads On To Death

Me, thinking about more covid. I was trying to really hunker down and read a...

October 04, 2020

You’re Not The Cornerstone

I'm over at Stand Firm today. This has been a busy week and Matt didn’t...

October 02, 2020

But That’s So Hard

It’s Friday! One I guess Mr. and Mrs. Trump were discovered by Twitter during the...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Lest They See With Their Eyes

I was determined not to watch the debate last night—committed, really, as a matter of...

September 29, 2020

Maybe It’s Not All Bad

Along with my personal refrain—2020 Must Be Destroyed—I’ve also gotten into the habit of saying...

September 23, 2020

A New Creed for an Unbelieving Age

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. I’ve been seeing this sign up and down...