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November 2013

November 20, 2013

Non-Guilt-Trippy Ways To Live Lightly And Consume Less

Many Christians these days are trying to consume less, and they’re doing so for a...

November 15, 2013

Buffy the Infectious Disease Slayer

The anti-vaccination thing--and resulting resurgence of previously near-eradicated diseases--has gotten so out of control that,...

November 13, 2013

God Has Given You Good Gifts. Learn to Love Them Well.

While I do realize that it might be taken as a teensy bit self-serving to...

November 11, 2013

Eating With Our Daughters (With Joy!) + A National Adoption Month Special!

Today, in honor of National Adoption Month, I'm delighted to welcome my friend Jennifer Grant...

November 08, 2013

On The Third Day, The Lord Created the Remington Bolt-Action Rifle So Man Could Defend Hisself Against the Dinosaurs.

In case I didn't tell you before: I homeschool our kids. It’s a choice that...

November 07, 2013

My Contrarian–Non-Ideological–View of Homeschooling

I've written a two-part post on homeschooling for the new--and very good--Convergent blog. I find...

November 06, 2013

“Open Thy Hand Wide”: Moses, Calvin & the Origins of American Liberalism

This morning I saw that Al Mohler--a prominent spokesperson for what is called conservative evangelical...

November 04, 2013

Unexpected Theological Richness in a Picture Book That Deserves to be Better Known

When I first read Mick Inkpen's picture book, Nothing, my kids were still too young for...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Guest Post + Book Giveaway: Bearing One Another’s Burdens Doesn’t Mean Living All Of Their Emotions

{I'm delighted to welcome Sarah Cunningham to the blog today. Sarah has a new book...

October 30, 2013

What Do We Mean By “Messy?”

Thanks, everyone who left thoughtful comments on yesterday's post! I wanted to clarify a few...

October 29, 2013

Please Stop Calling Your Relatively Privileged Life “Crazy” and “Messy.”

A few weeks ago, I asked folks on Twitter--and specifically, my colleague Amy Simpson, who...

October 28, 2013

Eight Sundays Until Christmas?!

I was particularly sweaty and distracted in church yesterday. So when the priest remarked that...

October 25, 2013

Beyond the Rumors of Poisoned and Cursed Halloween Candy…

In 1989, Jack T. Chick published a comic strip gospel tract that claimed to reveal...

October 24, 2013

When Your Outfit Causes a Brother To Stumble

October 23, 2013

Why I Still Subscribe To Magazines

Years ago, when I began my OWN subscription to The New Yorker (instead of filching...

October 22, 2013

If You Can’t Drop Everything (+$30,000-60,000) for an MFA in Writing

Interested in doing an MFA in Creative Writing, but not sure you have the time

October 21, 2013

“So, What’s Your Heart For Social Justice?”

It's good for a few laughs when you discover #HonestChurchPlantNames and Hipster Church Plant (@hipchurchplant)...

October 18, 2013

Yes, Oreos are as Addictive as–or more addictive than–drugs. That’s not news.

But didn't we know that already? The quintessential fast-food trio of "burger, fries and Coke"...

October 17, 2013

The Thought-Terminating Cliche that “Born Again” Has Become: Devouring Addie Zierman’s ‘When We Were On Fire.’

I've been reading devouring Addie Zierman's just-released memoir, When We Were On Fire. There's so...

October 15, 2013

Once Upon a Time, We Knew How To Die: Katy Butler’s Astonishing New Book

There was a time when I hoped—and even prayed—that my friend's death would come very...

October 14, 2013

When Advised to ‘Pray About It,’ It Can Help To Realize You Have Options.

We all have hard times, ranging from the minor annoyances, slights, and hurts of everyday...

October 11, 2013

Does One REALLY Have to Give Up Wine, Coffee, Sushi, and Dyeing One’s Hair…

...just to have a healthy baby? I really wanted to like University of Chicago economist...

October 10, 2013

Making Beauty Out of Next To Nothing–a post at Convergent Books

Not long ago, I spent several weeks learning to make pottery in a simple studio...

October 09, 2013

There is Neither Neo-Reformed nor New Monastic; Neither Evangelical Nor Mainline, but Irreverence Is in All And Through All

Oh for heaven's sake. I'm a missionary and a homeschooling mom. Where do I get...

October 07, 2013

Putting Human Lives into the Invisible Hand of the Almighty Market

My friend Sharon Hodde Miller recently made a plea on Facebook that seems to have...

October 04, 2013

Overcoming the Presentism Bias in the Blogosphere

As Maria Popova (creator and curator of the popular Brain Pickings blog) pointed out in...

October 02, 2013

Pontifex Says: Neglecting the Elderly = Covert Euthanasia. The Justice Issue We Ignore.

It was not without reason my friend John rebelled at the thought of going into...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

How to Nurture Creativity In Children (& in yourself)

I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I think the key word is...

September 27, 2013

A Picture is Worth a 900-word Blog Post: Food Is Not The Enemy

My dad illustrates a monthly column in a local magazine. A recent column dealt with...

September 26, 2013

A Conversation About Food Worth Dropping in On

My lovely and brilliant friend LaVonne Neff is leading a conversation about food at her...