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May 2011

May 06, 2011

Success, Suffering and Miracle Gro

Early success is like putting Miracle Gro on your character defects.” --Michael J. Fox @...

May 05, 2011

April 2011

April 30, 2011

Great Granola

Our granola breakfast looks like this upside down--lots of fruit on the bottom with a...

April 29, 2011

Death, Dyeing and the possibility of becoming a Skunk Head

I turn 46 tomorrow, and although I’ve already hit the mid-way point of my life,...

April 28, 2011

Loving Students

Several years ago I thought of leaving campus ministry to take a church job. When...

April 27, 2011

I’m Torturing my Kids

My 2 younger kids claim I’m abusing them. Is it because I’m forcing straight As...

April 26, 2011

The Last of the Typewriters

This morning on NPR I heard that the last company that produces manual typewriters has...

April 22, 2011

True Self/False Self and the Problem of Baking

(yet another blog that sort of picks up on the theme of true self/false self)My...

April 21, 2011

Big Kathy/Little Kathy Take Two

(This is blog post #5 in a series on True Self/False self--you probably want to...

April 20, 2011

A “True” Test

(This is blog post #4 on a series looking at True Self/False self. Click here...

April 19, 2011

Will the “True” Kathy please stand up?

(Blog #3 in a series on True Self vs. False Self. Click here to read...

April 18, 2011

Voldemort and True Self vs. False Self

The first night of my spiritual retreat last week, Adele gave us a chart contrasting...

April 14, 2011

Big Kathy/Little Kathy

(This is the first of 6 reflections on True Self/False Self. Read #2, #3, #4,...

April 12, 2011

On Food Hoarding and Black Bean Soup

How do you make dinner after a 3 day Chicago work trip followed by a...

April 08, 2011

A mother-daughter spiritual conversation

“How’re you doing with God?” I asked Ling during our “special time.”I’ve been a “professional”...

April 06, 2011

13 years ago today with “How to make a Barbie princess cake” as an added bonus

As of 4:41ish, I have 2 teenage girls. Today is Kai-Kai’s 13th birthday, and even though...

April 05, 2011

The Coolification Theory of Marriage and Family

I don’t get why my kids think they can barge into my room during a...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

Reflecting on a Racial Rant

When I was on my first summer urban project back in 1988, just after my...

March 30, 2011

The Joy of Human Development

My former boss used to say he thought I’d end up in management someday because...

March 30, 2011

True Blog Confessions

I don’t know what I’m doing.Literally. When Scott set up this blog for me almost...

March 28, 2011

Made it Through the Weekend. . . Sort of

I made it through the weekend without fighting with my daughter, which means we’ve managed...

March 25, 2011

A Corned Beef and Criticism Update

12.5 hours after flying home, I haven’t yet fought with my daughter who always picks...

March 24, 2011

The Secret to not Criticizing—Spend no time with Children!

I’ ve just experienced exactly 63 hours of Lenten success, avoiding criticism for that entire...

March 13, 2011

At the end of a weekend of fasting failure

My pastor likes to say he’s broken more fasts than any of us have ever...

March 10, 2011

Notes on Day 1 of Fasting from Criticism

I knew it wouldn’t be easy. Anyone who read the comment Ling left predicting my...

March 09, 2011

This year’s Lenten Fast

Happy Ash Wednesday! For those from non-liturgical backgrounds, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent,...

March 03, 2011

Secrets to Superlative Salad

My father used to threaten that he would die if he didn’t have Chinese food...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

The Saga of the String Bikini

I just said no to my first string bikini. Not one for me—I said no...

February 24, 2011

Hating Disney

I don’t do well on vacation. Scott notes that while I’m generally not that stressed...