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October 2009

October 07, 2009

“Why?”

I suppose it is a right of passage for kids. Penny has come into the...

October 02, 2009

Real or Ideal?

Peter and I have a running debate. He calls me a pessimist. I respond by...

October 01, 2009

Who Are You?

New Post on The Park Forum on Identity Politics

September 2009

September 30, 2009

Self-Control

New Post on the Park Forum: Three-year olds and Self Control

September 29, 2009

What are you for?

Why is moralism so annoying? (And of course, there are times when it is far...

September 25, 2009

Running Away

Penny keeps asking me to tell her stories. "Tell story Mama little girl," she says....

September 23, 2009

Choosing the Good

New Post: Women and Happiness on The Park Forum

September 22, 2009

Going Organic

Organic is all the rage these days. Organic food, organic clothing, organic coffee. I make...

September 21, 2009

Blessings

I heard it in a sermon a long time ago. Genesis 12:2, in which God...

September 20, 2009

Health Care: What Would Jesus Do?

New post on The Park Forum

September 17, 2009

Human Uniqueness?

New post on the Park Forum: Are humans unique or is it all evolution?

September 17, 2009

The Tension of Faith

Life with God, at least here and now, is a state of constant tension. The...

September 15, 2009

Another post on The Park Forum

Bible Study and the Secretary of Education

September 14, 2009

Intuition or Revelation?

I recently joined a team of writers who are making connections between the Bible and...

September 14, 2009

Failure

I've felt like a failure recently. Well, at least a few weeks ago I was...

September 11, 2009

“I’m an Agnostic”

Every so often, people ask me spiritual questions. One that comes up again and again...

September 09, 2009

Born Again

William is now thirteen months old. We're out of the newborn stage, thank the Lord....

September 08, 2009

Language, again

NPR ran a story tonight: "Rethinking 'Retarded': Should It Leave The Lexicon?" ().I wrote a...

September 04, 2009

Mental Age

There's an email that floats around, especially among those of us who have children or...

September 02, 2009

Musings from the Waiting Room

I drive to the Emergency Room with William. I know the route now, due to...

September 01, 2009

Full or functional?

She meant well when she asked. "How high-functioning is your daughter?"I didn't think much of...

August 2009

August 28, 2009

Language

(I've written about this before, but I think it is worth mentioning again.)It happens all...

August 26, 2009

Limits and Love

It was a few years ago, and Peter and I were talking about our relentless...

August 25, 2009

Separation and Connection

I recently read a story by Wendell Berry, originally published in the Atlantic's Fiction Issues,...

August 21, 2009

Mess

It's tempting to let it go. But every day, usually three times every day, we...

August 17, 2009

The Wire and the Reality of Evil

Peter and I watch TV the way other people go to the movies. We watch...

August 14, 2009

Pray Like a Child

A few nights back, I decided it was time to teach Penny the Lord's Prayer....

August 10, 2009

Long Time Coming

God refuses to work alone. God insists on working through human beings. So often, I...

August 06, 2009

Heal Me…

I've come across this verse before, but it never ceases to amaze me: "Heal me,...

July 2009

July 30, 2009

Learning to Pray

I have always thought of myself as "weak" when it came to prayer. I love...

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