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June 2017

June 07, 2017

In Which I Am Accused Of Hubris

Read a lot more reviews of Wonder Woman this morning, not because I wanted to,...

June 06, 2017

Don’t Make Me Self Identify As Wonder Woman

The idea that a woman can have it all was predicated on the exhausting assumption...

June 05, 2017

Monday Morning on the Podcast and Links

Hope you're all full of pip and vim this morning, enjoying whatever kind of weather...

June 02, 2017

Seven Takes to a Fun Summer

It's Friday! That's Takes. This week, seven takes to surviving summer. One You know, because...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

My Favorite New Word: Buffoonification

Your sex, and then your gender, are Who You Are and are the Most Important...

May 30, 2017

What Should You Take On Your Beach Vacay

[JESUS, take Jesus with you on your beach vacation.] Besides it being the beginning of...

May 25, 2017

Is the Ascension the Meanest Thing Ever?

By going to heaven, and sitting there on the right hand of the Father, Jesus...

May 24, 2017

Botoxing the Bridesmaids

It's getting to be wedding season and now, more than ever, is a great time...

May 19, 2017

7 Mothering Takes

It's Friday! And that means Takes. One Feel vaguely bad about complaining about Mother's Day,...

May 18, 2017

The Outrageous Man Romper

So, those romper things for men are really something.

May 16, 2017

The Buffoonification of Sex and Gender

As usual, it's the convergence of insanity that I find so arresting that I can't...

May 12, 2017

How the Washing Machine Ruined Everthing

This is a most interesting article and I rather wish I had time to read...

May 11, 2017

Ten Reasons to Hate Mother’s Day

Matt just walked into the room and inquired, most solemnly, when Father's Day is. Because...

May 10, 2017

Anglican Books You Have To Have

Think I've forgotten how to blog. Was sure this was going to happen when I...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Why the Movie Version is Always Terrible

It is always very hard for us to come up with a family movie that...

April 28, 2017

7 The Internet is Nuts Takes

It's Friday, for true, but that just means that the real work starts for me--so...

April 27, 2017

Bill Nye Ruins Sex

[Angel weeping from sheer boredom.] I confess, I did get sucked into watching that terribly...

April 26, 2017

It Is About Love: A Commentary on the Anglican Condition

We here in the west are living side by side with two incompatible world views...

April 11, 2017

Pious Holy Week News Commentary

[Jesus excited to see what Pepsi will do next.] Swinging wildly back and forth between...

April 06, 2017

In Which I Tone Police

So, yesterday I chattered away about all the annoying possibilities for women in the church--the...

April 04, 2017

Jory Micah’s New Church

Matt most kindly sent me something this morning to wake up. I'll have to thank...

April 03, 2017

Billy Graham Rule Podcast and Links

Good Moaning. Woke up and got cracking super early (that's a little joke) on a...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

How about Freedom for Women?

So I guess Mike Pence is in a super weird relationship with his wife where...

March 28, 2017

How to Make the Tea

I'm pretty sure that this can't really be a blog today. I am struggling into...

March 23, 2017

The Defining Literary Work of the Age

So I guess Disney remade Beauty and the Beast. The story, from what I can...

March 22, 2017

I Missed International Happiness Day

I found out, many hours too late for me to mark the occasion in a...

March 20, 2017

Devotional Podcast and Links

Running late. Lots to do. So here's a short ranting podcast about Jesus Calling and...

March 12, 2017

Ichabod, Snow, and Daylight Savings

What's that line about time rolling on like an ever flowing stream bearing all our...

March 11, 2017

The Humiliation of Modern Motherhood

I've just spent more whole minutes looking for some kind of explanation for why every...

March 09, 2017

Looking for Something to Blame?

I've been studiously reading the Internet now for whole minutes and I am deeply and...