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Our Bodies, Our Spirits- A Mother’s Day Gift

This past weekend as I lay sunbathing on a beach in Santa Monica, California, it seemed like everywhere I turned there was somebody beautiful. The tan, toned, athletic bodies were everywhere, which had me wondering whether, after two pregnancies, I [...]

The Year in Review

It has been a very full year here at this intersection between God and life, for anyone converted, unconverted or under conversion- and, I might add, the very first full year here!  Here are the highlights, looking back: In January: [...]

Facebook’s “Disappearing Mothers”: The New Form of Women’s Self Effacement?

Last week Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast and Newsweek, dished out her latest “must-reads” for NPR, this time on the subject of “The Modern Woman.”  Financial Times writer Katie Roiphe’s article, “Disappearing mothers,” was on Brown’s short list, [...]

A Mother’s Day Tribute

You may have heard me tell this story once before here, in the context of “Body Dysmorphic Disorder” (http://blog.beliefnet.com/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners/2011/11/body-dysmorphic-disorder.html), but with Mother’s Day tomorrow, it’s worth a retell as a tribute to my mother and the many of you engaging in [...]

Previous Posts

"Don't Lick the Minivan" Launches Today!
I've just begun reading fellow author and blogger Leanne Shirtliffe's Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say To My Kids. Today marks the book's official launch, and while I've only read the first chapter, I can already tell that this is a book you will love if you like a go

posted 10:59:23pm May. 22, 2013 | read full post »

The Oklahoma Tornadoes: A Continuation in Our Christian Meterology Series
Yesterday the devastating news poured in over National Public Radio as I was in the kitchen making dinner: four tor

posted 10:38:06am May. 21, 2013 | read full post »

Mental Health Break- "The Mission" with Ennio Moriccone
The soundtrack to the movie, "The Mission"- about a group of Jesuit missio

posted 1:10:49pm May. 19, 2013 | read full post »

Saturday Silliness: Alternate Titles for Grace Sticks
After finishing Barbara Brown Taylor's Leaving Church- more thoughts on this wonderful book later- I picked up Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (Reading Kali

posted 10:16:06am May. 18, 2013 | read full post »

Comedy Central Bible Study
Every Friday morning I lead a little support group/Bible study/worship service/open confessional/gripe session/gossip fest at a local assisted living center. When the friendly neighborhood "workplace chaplain" shows up, she is greeted usually by the same women. There are the atheist depressive an

posted 10:58:39am May. 17, 2013 | read full post »


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