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February 2012

February 19, 2012

WomanKind: Gracespotting Word Collage

Thank you to all the wonderful women who attended my "Gracespotting" workshops in Richmond yesterday....

January 2012

January 03, 2012

God Girl Coming to Richmond, VA’s WomanKind Conference Next Month

It's been a while since I've had a public engagement to tell you about and...

July 2011

July 12, 2011

GODSTUFF: A guide to relics (the macabre, the marvelous and the mystifying)

St. Patrick's tooth. Justin Bieber's hair clippings. The bloodstained gloves that Mary Todd Lincoln carried...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

GODSTUFF: We are “One.” We get to carry each other…

Our aim is not to engage in psychological, cultural, or theological debate about homosexuality. Nor...

June 16, 2011

GODSTUFF: Jesus, Still Surrounded by a Bunch of Guys

Pop quiz: Name three women leaders in evangelical Christianity. Not including women known primarily as...

January 2011

January 02, 2011

2010 blogginess by the numbers

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

Taking stock at year’s end: “Do You Love?”

I've been ridiculously blessed to be a part of a faith community grounded and characterized...

December 26, 2010

GODSTUFF: 2010 Year in Quotes on Faith

Among the many highlights of 2010 was a thread of spiritual pondering that wove its...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

GODSTUFF: Together in perfect imperfection at Little Church by the Sea

For more than 15 years, I didn't go to church (except for lots of visits...

October 20, 2010

GODSTUFF: Homer’s Religious Odyssey (across the Tiber?)

Ay Catolica! “Few people know it,” an article in the official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano...

October 12, 2010

Swag Bag U2& Faith Quiz: And the Winners Are…

Muuuuuuuuuch better. Phew. We were a little worried... I know it was a tough one,...

October 08, 2010

Friday Swag Bag Grab Quiz: U2 and Faith – Still Haven’t Found What You’re Looking For?

We're a wee bit late celebrating U2's 34th birthday (September 25, 1976), but what the...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

A Little (More) Happy: Mr. Tom Waits nominated to the R&R Hall of Fame

[wpvideo LhjMaIlC] Tom Waits is among our very favorite artists here at GGHQ. So we...

September 10, 2010

just fyi…

if you rant in the comments, you're not getting posted. my space. my rules.

September 10, 2010

A Little Happy (Redux): Update with video of Bono&Edge talkin’ Spiderman the Musical

[wpvideo HY4f6DVL] Oh that Bono. Stick him in front of a live camera (on morning...

September 08, 2010

Shana Tova!

[wpvideo X6tYDncz] Happy New Year to all my wonderful Jewish friends and readers. Y’hi ratzon...

September 05, 2010

Labor Day: Ora et labora

The great men among the ancients understood very well how to reconcile manual labour with...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

Kondanani Children’s Village: Shelter in the storm

Kondanani Children's Village is the most beautiful, best-run and nicest orphanage in all of Malawi....

June 22, 2010

Curios and curiosities: Things to do at an airport

Apart from my beautiful son, my very favorite souvenir from Africa was this hand-made rag...

June 13, 2010

Random Malawi pix I’ve been trying to post for two-three weeks

June 12, 2010

This was supposed to be the easy part …

Hi everybody.We're feeling pretty darn grumpy over here in Malawi at the moment.New delays. Unexpected...

June 10, 2010

The kids from Smile Malawi orphanage sing us goodbye

Such beautiful voices.Such beautiful people.

June 10, 2010

Hey AT&T: Tanks fer nuttin’!

My iPhone has turned into a block of wood. Well, plastic and stuff.No service. No...

June 10, 2010

We found Little Frankie!

Vasco and Frankie on Wednesday at Smile Malawi Back on October 12, 2007, a few...

June 06, 2010

Introducing Vasco Fitzmaurice Mark David Possley

One of the great joys of new, legal, adoptive parenthood is the blessing of name-giving.On...

June 06, 2010

While we wait …

Malawi Flames superfans.It was a quiet Saturday in Lake Wo-be-Malawi ...Our first real "down day"...

June 02, 2010

It’s a boy!

At approximately 2:30 p.m. Malawi time on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, the High Court of...

June 01, 2010

Hippos and Elephants and Safaris, oh my!

THIS IS WHERE A PICTURE OF VASCO STANDING IN FRONT OF A SIGN THAT SAYS...

May 2010

May 28, 2010

The waiting game …

Hi everybody.This is the part where I'm supposed to write that the adoption was approved...

May 27, 2010

Moni from Malawi

From L-R: Vasco's uncle Mavuto, his other uncle Esmie's husband (never caught his first name),...