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May 2012

May 07, 2012

Originality is SO overrated…

Graeme turned four last month, and when it came down to it, he wanted a...

May 05, 2012

“the best food money can’t buy.”

I was intrigued to read this week of a huge new Utah storehouse for taking...

May 04, 2012

Making All Things New: Spring (this week) in My Garden

I love spring. It is the season of quickening, of reviving, of death to life....

May 03, 2012

A Response That Risks Something: People In The Computer Are Real People

I consider it a great privilege to spend so much of my time writing, and...

May 02, 2012

Generations of Unbridled Delight

When I was a child, one of my favorite places to go on Long Island...

May 01, 2012

The Evolution of Strawberry Shortcake

Well, this little series is starting to feel like The Stepford Wives (1975, of course)....

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Blue Sunday (or Monday, if you missed it)

I had a new piece last week at the Christianity Today women's blog on my...

April 28, 2012

Shane Claiborne on Practicing Resurrection in Philly

Last week, I had the joy of hearing and seeing Shane Claiborne at the Festival...

April 27, 2012

Noodle Casserole That Makes People Want to Marry You

Some friends and I were discussing some article I skimmed and promptly forgot everything about,...

April 26, 2012

My Son’s ‘Chinese’ Tattoo

My boys love temporary tattoos. The love of tattoos seems to skip generations in our...

April 25, 2012

What You Can Do for World Malaria Day

In the second book of the Little House series (Little House on the Prairie), the...

April 24, 2012

The Cultural Evolution of My Little Ponies

So I've been on the lookout for more artifacts that might say interesting things about...

April 23, 2012

There Are Good Reasons We Love Pinterest

(and Etsy, and crafty blogs, and...) Three years ago, I came upon a popular blog...

April 21, 2012

Sorry, Can’t Hang Out, I’m Hanging out With Famous Writers

Well, sorta. I'm at the Festival of Faith and Writing (have been since Thursday! Fooled...

April 20, 2012

Fast Food Nation, Ten Years Later

Some weeks ago, the Daily Beast ran an excerpt from Eric Schlosser's Afterword to the...

April 19, 2012

Every Twelve Seconds: Animal Suffering and Normalized Violence

On Monday I wrote about the horrific conditions for laying hens, which reminded me of...

April 18, 2012

Realistic Moments (or, the Bible is a dangerous book)

Some weeks ago, Rachel Held Evans posted some of these funny pictures my dad drew...

April 15, 2012

100 years later, it’s still First-Class-First

One hundred years ago, people in Europe and North America were waking up to this...

April 13, 2012

Better a Bowl of Kraft Mac & Cheese Where Love Is…

A few days ago, I came across this great post at The Power of Moms:...

April 12, 2012

Do You Know When the Goats Give Birth?

I have a new essay up at Flourish, a wonderful organization that "inspires and equips churches...

April 11, 2012

The Fabulous Story of Vegetables (or, how humans are different from donkeys)

Yes, a book called Vegetables: A Biography sounds like it could be a real snooze;...

April 09, 2012

Happy Easter Monday! Hop along with me!

Happy Easter Monday! Today I'm participating in Ellen Painter Dollar's"Best Thing Blog Hop," a chance...

April 07, 2012

The Empty Tomb Cake

Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here; he is...

April 06, 2012

A Good Friday Love Feast

Recently I was pleased to learn that the Moravian church continues to practice lovefeasts, and...

April 05, 2012

Shaming Children for Eating Snacks

Yesterday, the Christianity Today women's blog ran my fuller response to Dara-Lynn Weiss' tiger-mom approach...

April 04, 2012

A Call to Compassion From Our Brothers the Animals

I've never had the privilege of meeting Kendra Langdon Juskus in person, but I think...

April 03, 2012

Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea

So I have a thing about last meals. There is something about them that moves...

April 02, 2012

The Cultural Evolution of Candy Land

My son Graeme, who's almost 4, is very into Candy Land lately. He'll play it...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Beauty Redefined: You Are Capable of More Than Being Looked At

Recently I was delighted to learn of the excellent work that twin sisters Lindsay Kite...

March 30, 2012

Faith as Small as a Watercress Seed

It's the time of year for starting seeds, some indoors and some out. Tim has...