I haven’t blogged in three months and I’m not proud of this. The last time you heard from me I had sore legs from hiking and was reading...

Yesterday was my birthday and I spent an hour of it in the dentist’s chair. By choice. I’m not proud of myself for scheduling a dentist...

Alison and I watched CNN together the night of the Boston Marathon bombings and the night the suspect was captured. I know that family...

So it’s come to this. I can’t imagine why a dog would allow herself to be so demeaned by a 12 year-old who claims to love her, however...

On our return trip from Ghana Sunday afternoon, I barely escaped New York’s JFK airport ahead of Sandy. Having just flown in from the...

It’s official: the SDA School Computer Lab is now up and running! Otis and the other IT instructors know computers. They got everything...

I’m a rut girl when it comes to exercise, which means that I walk the exact same route at the same pace every morning. And many mornings,...

I’ve said in earlier posts that I do not like goodbyes. But on this rainy Friday we said one at a funeral home, and then the final...

I grew up in the church I attend, which makes me a bit of a relic. It’s an evangelical Baptist church and I live in the Bible belt, so...

I used to edit a print magazine, Mia. For three years, my publishing partners and I birthed a “baby” every three months and then proudly...

I’ve just finished reading the Journal of Christian Legal Thought, Spring 2012 issue. At this point, you are about to click off this post...

I have a friend who attends quite a few pro-life rallies. She believes deeply in the sanctity of life and so she holds placards on street...

The title of this post is also the name of a book by Patricia Klein. I think that could be me on the cover – minus the older brother...

There are those moments when everything in your life gets put in sharp, pointed, and sometimes painful perspective. Last Thursday, I sat...

In an unintended effort to find numerous and varied ways to waste even more time on my computer, I have entered into the world of...

It happened again last week. As I was approaching a red light after exiting the expressway, I saw the man sitting on the side of the...

I got everything I wanted for Christmas and a few things that weren’t on my list. Life is like that. We receive it all and realize that...

I grew up hating conflict until I got to college and found my voice. I blame my conflict avoidance as a kid on my status as an only...

I forced Erin to take piano lessons for a very good reason: because my mother forced me. In the course of her compulsory years at the...

When Alison was in her first Christmas pageant she was chosen to portray the mute and blessed Mary. I was so proud my daughter had landed...