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Six things you should know about
1. Women at War? I’ve got a post over at Her.Meneutics this morning responding to the Ann Romney/Hilary Rosen debacle and all the war imagery that’s being used to try and rally women in the 2012...
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Leaving Church, Finding Faith: Why We Didn’t Stay for the Kids
Today’s post on faith and parenting comes from Kim Van Brunt. Kim is a freelance writer living in Rochester, Minn. She and her husband have three children. She blogs about adoption, faith and family at...
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Sunday Superlatives 4/15/2012
Can you believe we went two weeks without Sunday Superlatives? Glad to have them back. Around the Blogosphere... Best Video (Possibly Ever):Caine’s Arcade(Thanks to Susan St.Laurent for the...
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N.T. Wright on inspiration and the word of God
This year, we’ve set aside Mondays to discuss how to love the Bible for what it is, not what we want it to be, and right now we’re working our way through N.T. Wright’s Scripture and the Authority...
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Ask a nun...
Our interview series continues today with Sister Helena Burns, a Catholic nun. (She’s the one on the right.) Sister Helena is a member of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international congregation of...
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Better conversations between churched and un-churched Christians
I woke up Sunday morning with swollen eyes, a headache, and absolutely no desire to go to church. The comments following Kim Van Brunt’s guest post on Saturday really did a number on me, so, despite...
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In praise of my unspectacular, pre-Pinterest wedding
Once upon a time, before “friend” was a verb, Liz Lemon was a saint, and mustaches on sticks were a thing, we girls had to plan our weddings without Pinterest. I know, right? How we managed to...
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Review: Bob Goff and the Virtue of Whimsy (Enter to win a free book!)
“There is only one invitation it would kill me to refuse, yet I’m tempted to turn it down all the time. I get the invitation every morning when I wake up to actually live a life of completely...
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Peace Like a River
Today’s guest post on faith and parenting comes to us all the way from Laos, via the talented Lisa McKay. Lisa is a mother (she is also an author and a psychologist who specializes in trauma and...
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Sunday Superlatives 4/22/2012
Friend of the blog Mick Mooney sent me this cartoon and said it reminded him of our conversation about ‘churched’ and ‘un-churched’ Christians last week. You can check out more of Mick’s cartoons on...
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Did the New Testament authors know they were writing scripture?
As part of our series on learning to love the Bible for what it is, not what we want it to be, we’re working our way through a stack of fantastic books about how to read the Bible. We’ve already...
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Perhaps I am stronger than I think
Perhaps I am stronger than I think.Perhaps I am even afraid of my strength, and turn it against myself, thus making myself weak. Making myself secure. Making myself guilty. Perhaps I am most afraid...
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Ask a nun...(Response)
Nuns have certainly been in the news lately, and today we are privileged to welcome one to the blog, answering your questions! Sister Helena Burns is a member of the Daughters of St. Paul, an...
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10 Tips for Dealing with Online Criticism
Each week, I receive between 400-700 comments on the blog, a small percentage of which are critical. Every day, one or two people will take to Twitter, Facebook, or their own blogs to tell me I’m...
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Ask an environmentalist...
Our interview series continues today with Scott Sabin, an environmentalist. Scott is the Executive Director of Plant With Purpose (formerly Floresta), a Christian nonprofit organization that reverses...
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Faith, like a child
Faith, like a child, you are wilder than I want.You are harder to predict than you once were, Harder to control.Oh they are illusions of control, I know. But I try, When I dress you up in fine,...
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Church Stories: “Being the Change We Seek” by Jessica Goudeau
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing stories of people’s church experiences—some inspiring, some frustrating, some encouraging, some heartbreaking. Today’s comes to us from the warm and talented...
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Why Smorgasbord Christianity Is Good For Kids
Today’s post on faith and parenting comes to us from my friend Elizabeth Esther. As you may remember, Elizabeth and I went to Bolivia with World Vision together. There, while clinging to one another...
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Sunday Superlatives 4/29/2012
Around the Blogosphere... Best Video:Lotte Time Lapse: Birth to 12 Years in 2 min. 45 Best Series: Kathy Escobar with “Rebuilding After Deconstructing” Best Analysis: Timothy Gombis at iMonk with...
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The Canon, the Reformation, Rationalism, and Breasts
As part of our series on learning to love the Bible for what it is, not what we want it to be, we’re working our way through a stack of fantastic books about how to read the Bible. We’ve already...
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