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LATEST ARTICLES ( 193 )

• Turn, Turn, My Wheel!

  

  Turn round and round Without a pause, without a sound: So spins the flying world away! This clay, well mixed with marl and sand, Follows the motion of my hand;... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Are You FOR?

  No, no, not what are you for, as in, why are you here–what are you for, as opposed to “what are you against?”In the (sometimes-exhausting) world of social... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kicking the Outrage Habit in the Blogosphere (with Stick-figure Cartoons!)

  

  “All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits,” wrote the psychologist William James.I think that may be as true online as it is in rea... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• ‘Pregorexia’ and Postpartum Priorities

  What does it say about a culture if when a baby’s born, the mom’s tummy size gets as much attention as the baby?The British magazine OK! Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• You’ve Got Mail, A Swedish Movie About Death, Kissing Dating Goodbye, and Findin...

  

  My husband and I basically fell in love via AOL instant message conversations that led to daily email missives and then to phone calls and then, you know, to... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• My Top 5 Books on The Body

  

  The September print issue of Christianity Today has my recommendations for the ‘top 5′ books on the body. It was really hard to pick only five, but here... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Peace, Be Still,” The Fisherman’s Prayer, and Anchors for the Soul.

  There is a very old prayer–known as the “fisherman’s prayer” or the “seafarer’s prayer”–that goes something like this: “Dear God, be close to me; thy sea is so... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• How To Make (Psychological and Emotional) Space to Create.

  My children spend more time building with Lego than just about anything else. While they covet and save up for sets like any good little American consumers, the... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Stunningly Illustrated Children’s Bible That Should Still Be In Print (But...

  

  There is an appealing, almost haunting spareness to the Taize Picture Bible (1968) in both word and text. Published in the USA by Fortress Press (mine is a... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Obsessing With (And About) David Rakoff

  I identified with the late David Rakoff in a number of ways. Sure, I’m a straight, Christian woman; he was gay and (as far as I can tell) non-believing, but we... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why is It So Hard to Say Things? Thoughts on Newspeak, AIDSpeak, and ObesitySpeak

  

  I am not shy about using the saltshaker, and neither I nor anyone else in my family has any sort of problem with blood pressure. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Reasons I Really Did Not Like Michael Pollan’s Newest, “Cooked”

  1. The premise feels phony and staged:Pollan has said that he is “more at home in the garden than the kitchen” (In Defense of Food), but this modesty about his... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Anxiety is Love’s Greatest Killer

  

  {see also: 5 Timeless Books of Insight on Fear and the Creative Process The Paris Review “Art of Fiction” Interview with Marilynne Robinson} Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• While You’re Signing That Change.org Petition, Don’t Forget to Look Up From...

  

  My friend Karen Swallow Prior has an award-winning essay up at Christianity Today’s This is Our City project called “How I Learned to Love my Literal Neighbor. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Not To Do When There’s Nothing Much You Can Do

  

  I don’t like goodbyes. For years, when my mother and I are about to say goodbye–when the visit is drawing to a close, say, or one of us (why is it always me? Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• When We Are More Interested in Evangelical In-Fighting Than Serious Issues of...

  

  My dad used to tell a joke from the pulpit, back when “damn” was a much stronger word in evangelical/fundamentalist circles than it is now. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Put Down Your iPhone, Moses, Not All Messages Come Via Text

  

  I think this image really is worth at least a thousand words, which is the maximum recommended length for blog posts anyway–don’t you?(Yes–I am trying to get... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Unexpected Way of Jesus

  

  Imagine: you have been waiting a long time for a surprise.You know that it is coming, but not what, exactly, it will be. But you have a lot of time to think... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Results Returned: Searching Evangelical Blogs…and the Bible (a Comic Strip)

  

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  Posted on 31 July 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• If You Are New To This Blog…

  

  Amy Julia Becker asked me to write a little introduction to what my blog is about (it appeared on hers yesterday) but it occurred to me that it is a good... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION