First: Adrian Peterson did not “spank” his child, he beat him bloody. This is not a matter of a “judgement call.” This isn’t “well some people think differently.” He beat him up. Look it up. There isn’t room for debate here. Second: Prominent evangelicals as well as Adrian Peterson himself defend this type of action […]
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Sometimes you just need to give someone an awesomeness award. Today was such a day. If you know someone who could use one, feel free to click on this one and use it. I made it using Templates for Pages Yay!
I recently read an article on Slate called “Let’s Stop Idolizing The Home Cooked Family Dinner.” In the article, two sociologists from North Carolina State University point to evidence that the stress of putting together family meals is not worth the tradeoff. They conclude that the tradeoffs aren’t worth it. I disagree… strongly. Parents are
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This isn’t a mommy blog, but this is a mommy story. I felt like I couldn’t not tell it. Tonight my two year old child choked on a piece of fruit. By “choked” I don’t mean that he was coughing and sputtering and I said “whoops, careful, honey.” I mean no crying, no breathing, no sounds…
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So, people in ministry of all kinds constantly need calendars with just Sundays on them, for worship planning, sign ups and all kinds of other things. I tried googling a “Sunday only” calendar and didn’t have much luck and so I made my own. I’m offering them here in the JPG and also PDF versions.
One of the things that I’m keenly aware of as a recently published author on spiritual practices for families is how I’m now part of the world of Christian marketing. As I’ve written about before, I believe only people can be described as Christian. I don’t believe there is such a thing as “Christian music”
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Ah, back to school. I remember it so well! New pencils and notebooks and backpacks, even that first day of school attire. There were always awkwardly staged pictures in front of the fireplace and the excitement of a new year. There’s a back-to-school tradition in my book Seamless Faith that is super sweet and fun and
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Sometimes the news just seems… loud to me. Death. Violence. Wars. Screaming. Shouting. Bills. Laws. Minority opinions. Majority opinions. It seems to me that the only thing that can break through, sometimes, is art. Today it was quiet enough for me to really see and hear this short poem by Khaled Juma…
As I am beginning a vacation here in Chicago with my folks, I’m trying to clear my head, spend time with family, and prepare for a wonderful start to the new year. So many exciting things happen at the beginning of the school year, and so it’s a great time to refresh. One of
Um… let’s talk about margaritas, shall we? We shall. A. I live in San Antonio which means “Margarita” in Spanish. B. They can be customized in a million different ways and C. Yum. These are watermelon-basil margaritas and oh-my-heavens, we can’t get enough of them. Elias and I have spent the last
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