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• Why I Still Subscribe To Magazines

  

  via Flickr (BeverlyIsLike)Years ago, when I began my OWN subscription to The New Yorker (instead of filching stacks of old copies from my father or grandmother... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• If You Can’t Drop Everything (+$30,000-60,000) for an MFA in Writing

  

  Interested in doing an MFA in Creative Writing, but not sure you have the time/funds/ability to swing it? Read on.I have a lot of good things to say about this... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Yes, Oreos Are as Addictive As–or More Addictive Than–drugs. That’s Not News.

  

  But didn’t we know that already?The quintessential fast-food trio of “burger, fries and Coke” perfectly illustrates the food industry’s ability to capitalize... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Thought-Terminating Cliche That “Born Again” Has Become: Devouring Addie...

  I’ve been reading devouring Addie Zierman’s just-released memoir, When We Were On Fire.There’s so much to say about this book–anyone who was raised evangelical... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Once Upon a Time, We Knew How To Die: Katy Butler’s Astonishing New Book

  

  There was a time when I hoped—and even prayed—that my friend’s death would come very soon.That’s a statement easily misconstrued, the kind that validates the... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Advised to ‘Pray About It,’ It Can Help To Realize You Have Options.

  

  We all have hard times, ranging from the minor annoyances, slights, and hurts of everyday life to more serious and even desperate crises. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Does One REALLY Have to Give Up Wine, Coffee, Sushi, and Dyeing One’s Hair…

  …just to have a healthy baby?I really wanted to like University of Chicago economist Emily Oster’s new book, Expecting Better. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Making Beauty Out of Next To Nothing–a Post at Convergent Books

  Not long ago, I spent several weeks learning to make pottery in a simple studio on the shore of Lake Malawi. Initially I’d been most interested in “throwing”... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• There is Neither Neo-Reformed nor New Monastic; Neither Evangelical Nor Mainline...

  

  Oh for heaven’s sake. I’m a missionary and a homeschooling mom. Where do I get off starting such a ridiculous and irreverent meme? Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putting Human Lives into the Invisible Hand of the Almighty Market

  

  A friend of mine recently pleaded on Facebook that people stop calling those of us who support “Obamacare” names like “ignorant” and “free-loader,” because... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Overcoming the Presentism Bias in the Blogosphere

  As Maria Popova (creator and curator of the popular Brain Pickings blog) pointed out in a recent interview for Copyblogger, online culture “fetishizes the... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pontifex Says: Neglecting the Elderly = Covert Euthanasia. The Justice Issue We...

  It was not without reason my friend John rebelled at the thought of going into a nursing home: the majority (60%) of nursing home residents have no visitors,... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Nurture Creativity In Children (& in Yourself)

  

  I’m far from an expert on the subject, but I think the key word is nurture: creativity is there within our children; it’s not something we need to inculcate... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Picture is Worth a 900-word Blog Post: Food Is Not The Enemy

  

  My dad illustrates a monthly column in a local magazine. A recent column dealt with the topic of food, arguing that food is not a foe, a message I heartily agre... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Conversation About Food Worth Dropping in On

  My lovely and brilliant friend LaVonne Neff is leading a conversation about food at her church, St. Barnabus Episcopal in Glen Ellyn, IL, for the next two weeks... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• On ‘GodTube,’ Talking About Food and Eating and Obesity…

  

  I definitely don’t like watching videos of myself.I like it less than listening to recordings of myself.Especially when I make faces like these ones:Oy. Those... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not Real Simple: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels

  

  The winter of 2010 was my fourth consecutive winter living overseas. After three years in Scotland, we were in north-central Germany, where the weather had... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 BOOKS

• The World is No Disposable Ladder To Heaven: RIP, RFC

  

  Until 2003, Father Robert Farrar Capon served as an assisting priest at the Episcopal church fewer than 300 yards up the street where I grew up. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Flirtatious Email That I Sent on September 11th. Yes, *that* September 11th.

  “Where are you from?” I had asked.“Montana,” he said.“Really? Who’s from Montana? I’m not even sure where that is!” I gurgled, laughing, my East Coast-centric... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ordinary, Extraordinary, Ancient Craft of Pottery

  

  I’ve always wanted to learn pottery. As a child I had no fewer than two very crappy toy potter’s wheels that did nothing but frustrate me. I don’t think my... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION