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January 2015

January 14, 2015

On taking communion: why it’s okay to make crunching noises

It may not seem like it, but this is a question of serious theological import:...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

How I learned to stop worrying and just eat the darn cupcake

Food wasn't a good gift from God to be received and eaten with pleasure and...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

This Year, Don’t Diet: Eat with Joy

I love food. I enjoy thinking about new recipes, planning menus for dinner parties, cooking,...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

My Flip-Flopping Reactions to Affirmation in Gifs

So yesterday I found out that my book, Eat With Joy: Redeeming God's Gift of...

October 2013

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"...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

“I Have Not Read This Book Before.”

Katherine Willis Pershey, the (very talented) author of Any Day a Beautiful Change, has written...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

No Bitterness Or Guilt-Tripping (A Review of Eat With Joy + a Reading List)

I'd like to point you to this lovely review of my book, Eat With Joy,...

June 04, 2013

Expansive, holistic, humble, humane…

Karen Swallow Prior has a review of my book up at Flourish, an online magazine...

May 2013

May 14, 2013

Eat With Joy on ‘Inside Out’

Talking to Martha Manikas-Foster at Family Life radio is always, always a pleasure. (We've talked...

April 2013

April 19, 2013

Review And Giveaway of ‘Eat With Joy’

Rachel Held Evans has a review of my book and of Shauna Niequist's book Bread...

April 17, 2013

The Joy of Ranking High on the Food Chain.

My kids are proud of me for having written a book, especially when I...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

On the Radio…and On the Classics

Sometimes my mom, after serving Sunday mornings wiping noses in the nursery like the good...

March 14, 2013

Eat With Joy is not “a pie-in-the-sky dream for obsessive foodies.”

My thanks to Wes Vander Lugt for this glowing review of Eat With Joy. Here are...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

My Book Is Being Read on Dinosaur Island

I know I've bragged on my dad's drawing before, but isn't this just great? "Dinosaur...

February 11, 2013

Share Food; Share God’s Love

Over a year ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Norman Wirzba for Her.meneutics, the...

February 07, 2013

Nice People Saying Nice Things About Eat With Joy

I’m so grateful for the good words from diverse people about my new book. Here...

February 05, 2013

Ten Reasons You (or Someone You Know) Might Like to Read My Book

I've recently received word from InterVarsity Press that my book is now in print, and...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

Tiny Pancakes Have More Flavor.

Will you help me settle a matter of ongoing debate in our family? First, confession:...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Humbled, Grateful & Slightly Terrified–Eat with Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food–Now Available for Pre-order!

I'm humbled, grateful, excited, and slightly terrified to see that my book is now available...

June 2012

June 22, 2012

Pleasure Is Not a Trap

People often talk about food--specifically, pleasurable, enjoyable food--as if it's semi-sinful. As if it is...

January 2012

January 24, 2012

These are a Few of Life’s Crappiest Things! (Reading Ecclesiastes)

Did you know that this blog got its name more-or-less straight out of a Bible...