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May 2018

May 15, 2018

Trampling Down The Voice That Breathed O’er Eden

It is Tuesday, and in a matter of hundreds of hours there will be a...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Marriage Might Be For The Rich But Jesus Is For Everyone

I happened upon this article/interview this morning and found it interesting, depressing, and probably true,...

January 2018

January 18, 2018

Are Christians Really Sex Obsessed?

“Why Are Christians So Sex Obsessed?” The rejoinder to which would be, "Look at yourself...

January 16, 2018

Coffee, Sex, and Onions

This is a great article. And ironically, explicitly says what Ansari accidentally, and in muted...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

A Low, Soft, Soothing, Pleasant Voice

Matt tagged me in this charming photo yesterday, and I thought I would just have...

December 14, 2017

The Tea is Forever Made

Well, look at this. I trotted off to church last night for choir practice--three of...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

So You’re Matt Lauer This Morning, Here’s What You Do

How does any human person reconcile his love of himself with the occasional revelation that...

November 29, 2017

Advice for Prince Harry on the Occasion of his Engagement, a Listicle

So Prince Harry is going to get married. How exciting. I'm sure it will be...

November 15, 2017

3 Characteristics of Christian Marriage

Got to be on the Ride Home with John and Kathy again yesterday, although very...

November 12, 2017

Throwing Away Marriage and the Gospel Was a Bad Idea

Christian Marriage is hard. But it's not as hard as recovering from abuse, from sexual...

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 28, 2017

Hugh Hefner, Polyamory, and the Mercy of God

I think it is devastating to watch a man live and then to die completely...

September 08, 2017

7 Imago Dei Takes

Friday Takes! It's what you get and no whining about it. One This is so...

September 05, 2017

The Proper Way To Organize Your Books

You might think I sound crazy but a friend said it better. 'If he reads...

August 2017

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....

June 2017

June 25, 2017

When Millenials Get Married

Complaining is one of my most obvious spiritual gifts, my special charism, if you will....

June 19, 2017

Monday on the Evangellyspeak Podcast and Links

Good Morning to you all on this quiet gray day, the perfect day for pulling...

June 13, 2017

Glennon and Kay, Tears and the Whirlwind

Rob Bell, you remember, still self identifies as a Christian. And so does Glennon. And...

June 09, 2017

7 Scattered Takes

Here I am, awake with the dawn, leaping up to industry and...oh never mind, I...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

Botoxing the Bridesmaids

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

May 05, 2017

A Soft Whisper in a Metal Concert

I am delighted this morning to have Kit, who blogs at Pepper in Transition, talking...

April 2017

April 05, 2017

3 Annoying Approaches to Women in the Church

So, I very meanly played to my base yesterday (I love y'all) which necessarily won...

March 2017

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...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

The Martian and the Marriage

Survived the endocrinologist. Wasn't poked in the throat with a needle, thank all the heavenly...

February 06, 2017

Super Bowl Podcast and Other Various Links

Good Moaning. I'm off to take the children to the dentist and then later I...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

You’re Not too Good for Date Night or Church

Matt and I have been married for fourteen years now, which feels like but a...

January 07, 2017

Book and House Notes

There are still lots of thing that I need to put away, now that Christmas...

January 04, 2017

The Way Women Think is Not a Liability

As I said on the podcast this Monday, I was sort of hoping that on...

January 03, 2017

Not That Kind of Person

I linked this fab podcast I just discovered yesterday. I feel stupid for not knowing...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

It’s All About Me: Podcast and Links

On this week's podcast we read ourselves into the Christmas Narratives and talk about Mary,...