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May 2012

May 23, 2012

Google, How Do I Deal With Bratty Kids?

What do you do when your friend's child is a brat? Come on over to...

May 18, 2012

A Rule of Life,The Charles River, and Me

I came home from my walk along the Charles River last Saturday nearly euphoric. Maybe...

May 17, 2012

Mother’s Day Gifts, or Why I Never Get What I Want

My kids all have “Gift Giving” as their language of love. I do not. They...

May 12, 2012

Dear Hallmark, Can We Please Have Our Sunday Back?

Ok, it is confession time… I don’t love Mother’s day. Before you think I need...

May 11, 2012

Extraordinary Miracles and Ordinary Wednesdays

Losing a child is every mother’s biggest fear. It’s a fear that Laura Clark faced...

May 10, 2012

Chocolate=Lies, Sex=Truth

What does it mean when you desire a hot fudge sundae more than sex with...

May 04, 2012

Today is Star Wars Day… May the Fourth be with you!

Yes, today is May 4th... and you know what that means? It's "Star Wars Day!"...

May 03, 2012

Best Advice I Ever Got

“Please don’t have her ask me to start a college ministry,” I prayed as I...

May 02, 2012

How To Create a Prodigal 101

1. First, students, remember to major on minors: Make no differentiation between social guffaws...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Elderly Man Reacts to Hearing Music from his Era

This really touched me, and should be an encouragement to you musicians. Read more...

April 27, 2012

Do It Anyway

Over the years, we've struggled to make family devotions a regular part of our life....

April 26, 2012

Conquering Math One Video at a Time

Math has been my enemy. You wouldn't think so because Baba’s a physicist with a...

April 23, 2012

The Hypocrisy of Oprah Magazine

Admission: I like O magazine. I sneak it into my cart when Ian isn't looking. ...

April 23, 2012

An Old Artist in a New Way: Van Gogh on the iPad

What does the future of learning look like? If these apps are any indication, it'll...

April 19, 2012

3 Reasons I Work for Money

I'm joining the Patheos posts on the Mommy wars, including Rebecca Cusey's Beyond the Mommy-Wars...

April 19, 2012

Siblings: They Are Worth Celebrating!

Did you realize that last week -- April 10 -- was "National Siblings Day"? Chances...

April 17, 2012

Godspeed Discovery, and Thank You

For an hour, we weren’t Democrats or Republicans, Occupiers or Tea Partiers. We were Americans....

April 12, 2012

What White Parents Can Tell Their Children About The Trayvon Martin Case

On Monday, I told you about how our kids responded to Trayvon Martin's death, choosing...

April 12, 2012

Beyond the Mommy-Wars Bumpersticker: The Many Shades of Mommies

I have never met a woman who has “never worked a day in her life.”...

April 10, 2012

Hmm… That wasn’t the Plan

Just for fun. Sometimes things don't go as planned. But at least there's YouTube to...

April 10, 2012

Atheist Activism, Christian Compassion, and the Power of God

Recently Nancy French highlighted a story about Christians in Texas who raised money for atheist...

April 09, 2012

Trayvon Martin Could Not Be My Son

My friend Cameron has been unrelenting in Facebook posts about Trayvon Martin. He's really mad....

April 09, 2012

A Life Well Lived

“You keep on doing what you do best as long as you can. I enjoyed...

April 08, 2012

This is How Tim Tebow Does Easter

When ten thousand people showed up to hear him speak.

April 06, 2012

Fairest of Them All

Julia Roberts. In college I loved her chick flicks. Pretty Woman. Steel Magnolias. So it...

April 05, 2012

Washing Fungus Feet: A Maunday Thursday Reflection

I knew Scott was going to wash my feet when he proposed because his good...

April 04, 2012

This Easter, Don’t Settle for Cigarette Smoke

How should parents deal with the Easter bunny, fuzzy chicks, and the cross?

April 04, 2012

I Found Jesus in the Thrift Store

I can't count the number of times I have gone into one or another of...

April 03, 2012

Tuesday’s Book Giveaway

Head on over to our sister site - What She Read - for a book...

April 02, 2012

Diagnosis: Not Afraid

My third child, a son, has a diagnosis looming in his future. We carried him...