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November 2019

November 13, 2019

Christianity, Like Math, Is Hard

Oh my word, what should I do? If only there were some objective source, other...

November 12, 2019

I Hate The Snow*

Apparently I talk about the snow a lot on Fridays (don’t worry, I know today...

November 07, 2019

Three Things on Thursday

Me getting ready for 2020. The First Thing John Crist has cancelled the rest of...

October 2019

October 24, 2019

Parent Driven Parenting

If your baby can’t read the Bible by age three you’re definitely failing. You should...

October 17, 2019

Men Can’t Be Women

Some commenters on this blog are upset about my insensitivity towards transgenderism. I was beginning...

October 15, 2019

Fashion Failures For Tuesday

A Spiritual Representation of the Soul of the Person Who Thought This was a Good...

September 2019

September 26, 2019

And God Saw That It Was Good But I Was Too Busy To Pay Attention

I’ve been pushing myself along at an insane pace the last month...well, maybe six weeks,...

September 25, 2019

Words on Wednesday

There is a really good and interview over at CT of Kate Bowler by KSP...

August 2019

August 28, 2019

Wednesday Wisdom: God Gets The Glory

Well, I didn’t mean to fall so headlong off the internet as I did the...

August 21, 2019

And They’re Back! MacDonald and Tchividjian Restore Themselves To Ministry

"Oh Goodie," says Jesus. As I said yesterday, this week is full of all manner...

August 07, 2019

If You’re A Christian, You Probably Won’t Enjoy The Thrive Journal

A “friend” alerted me to something called the Thrive Journal yesterday, which unfortunately has no...

August 06, 2019

A Celebration Of Wellness

Well, if you were wondering if there could possibly be a God, you can absolutely...

August 04, 2019

I Thought I Would Miss The Internet But I Really Didn’t

“For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” Ecclesiastes...

July 2019

July 24, 2019

I Could Have Been Brilliant If You Hadn’t Interrupted Me

This was a pretty interesting article, about which I don't have much time (heh heh...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

At Least There Will Always Be Housework

I’m about to run out the door into the day, but this was a long...

June 04, 2019

What Is Your Crazy Dream?

Yesterday a child asked me how many hours are in a year, and because school...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

What to Think about MLK in the Age of #metoo

Before the shocking headline yesterday about MLK, I had been wandering around all weekend enumerating...

May 23, 2019

If Only There Were Some Way To Find Out Why Humans Are So Irrational

This is a long, needlessly political, a little bit rambling, at points incoherent, but nevertheless...

May 22, 2019

Furious Gardening

This is very important. I’ve skimmed like six articles on this critical subject (and also...

May 15, 2019

My Advice To You

This is a pretty great piece. The whole thing, but also this bit: It would...

May 14, 2019

Technology on Tuesday: The Good and The Bad

I was recently struck by the blinding insight (probably by wandering around some specious corner...

May 09, 2019

Three Things On Thursday

The First Thing I had really hoped that Meghan and Harry would name the baby...

May 08, 2019

Rachel Hollis and the Geico Jesus

[Jesus looking around the room and seeing all the Potential] Speaking of death and heaven...

May 01, 2019

A New And Special Twist On That Love Languages Thing

It seems like a pretty depressing day for news. Also my house is a horror,...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

Thinker or Thought Leader

This is a nice article, and dovetails nicely with Cat. Influencing, says the first, is...

April 09, 2019

#TuesdayThoughts: Sneakers Are The Worst

This is very important. Sarah Jessica Parker has been seen wearing $95 sneakers. I know,...

April 03, 2019

I’d Rather Be Seen With It Than Read It

Here’s a level of fashionable body positivity I can get get on board with. I...

April 02, 2019

Please Don’t Make Me Be Body-Positive

I finally finished watching Shtisel on Netflix. Took me forever but persistence and hard work...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

A Pigsty of Procrastination

[Jesus, pictured here, is excited that I’m blogging instead of doing the thing I’m supposed...

March 27, 2019

Apprently Having Babies Won’t Make You Happy

[This cat, like all babies, doesn’t even care if you’re happy.] I think last week...