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January 2014

January 31, 2014

Politics, Down Syndrome, and What I’m Reading

Articles worth reading about missionaries, money, embryo selection, and more...

January 24, 2014

What’s Your Favorite Spiritual Memoir? (and other reading notes)

Some book and article notes in a sec, but first: What's your favorite spiritual memoir?...

January 17, 2014

What I’m Tweeting

No new books for me this week, but here are the articles I tweeted this...

January 10, 2014

What I’m Reading and Tweeting

What's the most interesting thing you've read this week?

January 03, 2014

Book Update and What I’m Reading and Tweeting

I've submitted my manuscript of Small Talk (hooray!) and here are some books and articles...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

What I’m Reading and Tweeting (and How to Find a Good and Perfect Gift)

Down syndrome in ancient art, Jesus isn't white, men doing housework, and more...

December 06, 2013

What I’m Tweeting

A few articles from this week that you might enjoy: A modern image of the...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Are you Ready for Advent? (Plus What I’m Reading)

Advent is right around the corner. Here are my number one suggestions for adult and...

November 18, 2013

A Portrait of Abortion

"From the woman who procured an illegal and unsafe abortion in the late 1960s to...

November 15, 2013

What I’m Reading and Tweeting this Week…

Today I'm excited to be attending the Q Women Conference in NYC, with speakers such...

November 08, 2013

Book News and What to Read this Week

Articles on messy stories and disability, marriage, money, and civil discourse. Plus news about books...

November 01, 2013

What Reading Material is on Your Bedside Table This Week?

What reading is on your bedside table this week?

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Quick Reads for the Weekend

Articles on women, Down syndrome, motherhood for your reading pleasure

October 18, 2013

Where Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Can Agree, and other things I’m reading this week

My book review for Christianity Today, plus what I'm reading and tweeting this week.

October 11, 2013

“The Discipline of Place” and Things to Read this Week

The discipline of place, the books I'm loving, and a smattering of articles on faith,...

October 04, 2013

I Don’t Love Tina Fey and More Great Stuff to Read

Bossypants, Power, Ruthie Leming, and a host of articles to read, in all your free...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

What I’m Reading and Tweeting

Novels, memoirs, articles about faith, disability, and culture, and what I listen to on my...

September 20, 2013

What I’m Reading and Tweeting

The books on my bedside table and recommended articles from the past week...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

Abortion, the Cult of Youth, and Networks of Care (What I’m Tweeting)

We were on vacation last week, so I missed my weekly tweeting post, but I...

June 2013

June 22, 2013

Tweets This Week

For your reading pleasure this weekend: "What Happens to #Women Who Are Denied #Abortions?"

June 15, 2013

Tweets This Week: Disability, Muslim Abortion, Inclusion, and the Only and the Lonely

So my plan going forward is to offer a post every Friday that includes articles...

June 11, 2013

Worth Reading

A smattering of articles worth reading

April 2013

April 15, 2013

What I’m Reading: On Religion and Sorrow and Babies and Writing

A smorgasbord of things to read this week.

March 2013

March 11, 2013

Worth Reading: Boys and Dolls, Down Syndrome, and Who Is the Mom?

A few posts and articles from the past few weeks that are worth passing along:...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Worth Reading: on Pain, Junk Food, Prison, TV, and Gender Equality

So during one of those restless nights last week in which I wish I had...

February 01, 2013

Worth Reading: on Prenatal Testing and the Meaning of Life and what they have to do with each other

Two articles worth reading. One, a Wired Magazine take on prenatal testing: This Simple Blood...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Worth Reading: On Parenting, TV, and Learning

I've written before about my recent experience in a parenting class based on Positive Discipline...

July 2012

July 15, 2012

Worth Reading: on Faith, Disability, and Busyness

Really beautiful and profound reflection on what it means to be the body of Christ...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

Articles of Interest: Eugenics, Prenatal Testing, Morality, and Prayer in the Everyday

They've done it again. Yes, scientists have accomplished something incredible. And yes, their discovery poses...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

The Safety of a Christian School by Elisabeth Klein Corcoran

Christian school was never in the plan or the budget for my kids. I liked...

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