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March 2012

March 29, 2012

Parent of an Overweight Child? *Sensible* advice, for a change

{As a follow up to yesterday's dieting Tiger Mom, sensible advice from Ellyn Satter, registered...

March 28, 2012

A Seven Year Old On a Draconian Diet

A few of you have referred me to the story of Dara-Lynn Weiss and her...

March 27, 2012

The Hunger Games Film Left Me Hungry

I started reading The Hunger Games on Thursday night, finished it on Saturday afternoon, and...

March 26, 2012

Aaaand the Most Spiritual Place to Be is…

...wherever you are right now. Last week I got some pushback for a response I...

March 24, 2012

Overeating is not the Cause of Obesity

This week I really enjoyed this profile of Boston University biochemist Barbara Corkey, whose research...

March 23, 2012

Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus

{Once again, I'm posting as part of the Patheos book club, Take & Read} I...

March 22, 2012

The American Way of Eating

I had my first post on the Sojourner's 'God's Politics' blog--a review of Tracie McMillan's...

March 21, 2012

Awaken Your Senses (And Have Some Cake)

I have a new post at the Christianity Today women's blog on Beth Booram and...

March 20, 2012

For Children, “Fat” is the new “Ugly”

CNN has an excellent series on perceptions of beauty in contemporary US culture. This week's...

March 19, 2012

Jesus in the Nursing Home

It's been hard for me to get back into the rhythm of the Saturday-night nursing...

March 17, 2012

Fake Meat America Could Love

This week I loved Tom Philpott's response in Mother Jones to Mark Bittman's piece in...

March 15, 2012

Seriously Good, Seriously Curative Chicken Soup

The thing about chicken soup is that it it can make you think about being...

March 14, 2012

And Another One Down

This little guy is sick now. Because he certainly would never fall asleep on a...

March 13, 2012

It’s a Sin to Be a Foodie?

The current (March 7) issue of The Christian Century has a round-up review of 5...

March 12, 2012

Blanket Statements

The last thing I really wanted to think about this weekend was food--funny how stomach...

March 10, 2012

The Newest No-Food Diet

Usually, for your weekend reading pleasure, I try to post something interesting and edifying from...

March 09, 2012

Unity, Liberty, and Charity: Responding to the Partisan Church Divide

{Once again, I'm so pleased to be participating in the Patheos Book Club, Take &...

March 08, 2012

Glamorous Tuberculosis, Ghastly Cholera, Ordinary Stomach Bugs, and Extraordinary Grace

Tuberculosis seems to have been the disease of choice among 19th century artists and poets....

March 06, 2012

siiiiiick

Not the kids, just me. I'm suspecting food poisoning. (How convenient to my blog topic!)...

March 05, 2012

Where No Militancy Is Necessary: Breastfeeding Battles

Last week, a woman with the improbable name of Nirvana Jennette was berated for breastfeeding...

March 02, 2012

We Who Give Life, Give Pain

I have a friend! Her name is Ellen, and we had so much fun hanging...

March 01, 2012

Don’t Save the World. Just Save Your Scraps.

Sometimes reading and writing about issues surrounding food, hunger, and justice is just plain depressing....

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Are Women ‘More than Enchanting’?

{Once again, I'm delighted to be participating in the Patheos Book Club, Take & Read!}...

February 28, 2012

The Bible Supports Slavery, Or, Why Boaz Should’ve Dissed Ruth

I’m currently reading a great book about one of my very favorite writers of old–Harriet...

February 27, 2012

Support Groups for Self-Starvation

Carolyn Gregoire has an eye-opening report up at Huffington Post on how Tumblr has become...

February 25, 2012

Health = Morality = Nothing New

I LOVE this article by the Princeton University Classics Professor Brooke Holmes, which appeared in...

February 21, 2012

Gruesome Pirates, Heroic Grandpas, and Graeme…

One of the reasons my dad is great is because when my son Graeme asks...

February 20, 2012

Lenting Fasting; Easter Feasting

I'm not sure what the actual stats were, but it sure seemed like most of...

February 18, 2012

President Obama’s Nazi Lunch Inspectors Confiscate Child’s Lunch

Did you hear about the girl whose lunch was confiscated and whose mother was forced...

February 17, 2012

@stickyJesus: loving your online neighbor

Anyone who has spent much (or even little) time online knows that people can be...