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April 2024

April 29, 2024

Casting Pearls Into The Algorithm

Art by Aedan Kennedy @targambie on Insta I am a little bit embarrassed to admit...

November 2023

November 27, 2023

Sex, Science, and Sheila Wray Gregoire

I'm not living my best life today. In the first place, it is snowing, which...

November 06, 2023

Bodies Without Souls

Over on my Substack a while ago I freaked out my subscribers by divulging, in ominous...

May 2022

May 17, 2022

Please Let Me Be Your Life Coach

What my soul looks like when I'm scrolling through Twitter. Photo by Aedan Kennedy I've...

May 11, 2022

The Reckless Curiosity of Spiritual Friendship

No you don't, I'm just kidding. I don't have a lot of time to blog...

January 2022

January 13, 2022

Hate Is A Pretty Depressing Look

I've been trying to find various tabs I can close, thinking that it would be...

October 2021

October 01, 2021

That Kind of Love is Not Love

It's been a long week in which I've read and watched a lot of discouraging...

June 2021

June 01, 2021

Jen Hatmaker and Jesus

A long Jen Hatmaker FB post is making its way around the internet and so...

April 2021

April 01, 2021

Three Things on Maundy Thursday

Me thinking about moderating the comments on my blog. The First Thing Happy April Fool's...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

The Law of Date Night

I have been meaning to blog about this for ages, and so today is the...

December 2020

December 18, 2020

7 Takes on Snow and Stuff

Well, here it is, Friday already. Friday with 41 inches of snow outside my window....

December 17, 2020

Marriage in the Middle: An Interview with Dorothy Greco

This is an email interview I did with Dorothy Greco—the first of it’s kind! Dorothy...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Books and Such Like

In the spirit of getting other kinds of work done, here are some things to...

June 2020

June 17, 2020

A Time to Mourn

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Enjoy! ******************** I’ve been slowly reading through JK Rowling’s...

June 10, 2020

The Gospel For Rachel Hollis

Well, I guess coronavirus and racism are finally over because the golden days of celebrity...

April 2020

April 29, 2020

Three Ways To Be Happy In Your Marriage

Jesus when you try to explain that you're just "speaking your truth." This is a...

February 2020

February 14, 2020

No, You Do Need Date Night

Well, Date Night is under assault yet again, this time from the Gospel Coalition and...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

7 Reasons To Be “Best Friends” With Your Spouse

Bonus #8: He loves the internet as much as you do. Matt destroyed my peace...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

Caught Between June and Janet: There Has To Be A Better Way

Well, after an initially underwhelming impression of The Good Place, I must say that I...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

7 Takes To Becoming A Man

He always smiles when he comments on your Facebook posts. Another one of those long...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Of Course A Honeymoon Isn’t Practical

Is it Tuesday already? To wake yourself you might enjoy this. So there you are,...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Book Notes: The Penguins Won’t Save Your Marriage

[This cat disapproves of your penguins.] Mr. Popper’s Penguins is the worst. I’m pretty sure...

February 13, 2019

Maybe Go Ahead And Put Some Hope In Date Night

Tomorrow, in case you live in a cave, is Valentine’s Day. I was going to...

December 2018

December 20, 2018

We Can Certainly Be Friends

I have, as I said last week, been doggedly pursuing the goal of actually reading...

December 05, 2018

It’s So Crazy It Just Might Work

Is it only Wednesday? But fear not. Twitter was kind to me during the night...

December 04, 2018

Tumblr’s New Ban Won’t Actually Make You Homeless

This is an excellent article—short and to the point—and an interesting contrast to this one,...

October 2018

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 04, 2018

My Annual Anxious Autumnal Angst

Turning enthusiastically away from politics this morning, I wonder, am I losing my mind? How...

September 2018

September 19, 2018

Anne’s Practical Guide to Getting a Man to Clean

Here’s an interesting word, “housework.” Wouldn’t it be nice if it was the house that...

August 2018

August 02, 2018

There Are Bats In The Attic

Don’t worry, just because we’re still moving everything around doesn’t mean I will go on...