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LATEST ARTICLES ( 193 )

• How NOT To Help Someone Who Is Hurting (comic Strips Included!)

  

  We all have times like this, don’t we? And they are never easy. I happen to have a strong tendency (whether owing to my genes, my God-given personality and... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Is That Bikini Video–and the ‘modesty’ Movement–really About Nostalgia?

  

  Nostalgia is big right now. From Michael Pollan’s new panegyric on “traditional” food preparation, Cooked, to ModCloth.com, all things Mad Men (or previous) see... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• "The Good Old Days" Aren't All They're Cracked Up To Be

  

  Nostalgia is big right now. From Michael Pollan’s new panegyric on “traditional” food preparation, Cooked to ModCloth.com, all things pre-Mad Men seem to be... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Vegan? Vegetarian? Flexitarian? Compassionate Carnivory?

  Recently I came across this quotation from the novelist and essayist (and, I believe, genius) Marilynne Robinson, given in a 2008 interview with the Paris... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Cat

  

  (from Flickr user dok1, used under CC license)I think there are 13 cats. And I think this photo is simply incredible{Have a great weekend. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• No Bitterness Or Guilt-Tripping (A Review of Eat With Joy + a Reading List)

  

  I’d like to point you to this lovely review of my book, Eat With Joy, by blogger Cara Strickland.Here’s a taste:“This book is layered and diverse [...] and the... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Can Be Critical and Christian and Female All At The Same Time

  

  I love reviewing books. I remember the first time I ever reviewed a book, and I was thrilled and happy beyond measure. Because when you review books,... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Criticize Notorious Leader Donald Miller

  

  A few weeks ago, Donald Miller (who’s a New York Times bestselling author and a popular blogger) wrote a post  about how, as an introvert, he must order his lif... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Do Foodies Have to Do With Faith & Feminism?

  I have a new post up at Christianity Today on Michael Pollan’s new book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation:“Lord, bless this food, and bless the... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rhubarb Soda

  I’ve got some rhubarb growing in the garden. I hate to admit to being such a lightweight, but I really do not like to make pie crust without my food processor,... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Sketch Germs Because I Can’t Eliminate Them

  

  A few weeks ago I was so taken with the photograph of salmonella in my boys’ encyclopedia that I joined them as they painted something else entirely and made... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Immodesty All Over The Map

  I have a new post up at Christianity Today:“A North American evangelical woman walking the streets of Zomba, Malawi—where I live—might assume that women here ar... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sweet-Tarts in Their Resurrection Bodies

  

  I’m not even going to pretend to write a new recipe for today’s Wednesday Recipe. Because it’s June 5, 2013, and if you missed the recipe I posted on June 6,... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Expansive, Holistic, Humble, Humane…

  Karen Swallow Prior has a review of my book up at Flourish, an online magazine that I began writing for ‘way back when, edited by Rusty Pritchard, who edited... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reading Classics With Kids (Even as Comic Books)

  

  My dad told me about a series of comic books that were available when he was young—comics based on the plots of books commonly assigned to schoolchildren,... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thursday? Oh No–It’s Too Gruesome.

  

  I really do think that Truman Capote was pretty brilliant, even if his latter years were embarrassing and even if he was an ungraciously jealous friend to Harpe... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Evangelicals Climate Change Brownies (with Recipe)

  A few weeks ago, my family and I had the pleasure of welcoming a bunch of people who were on a trip to Malawi to learn about how climate change is affecting... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Some Kids Aren’t Vaccinated

  

  Last year, I put myself into some pretty hot water when I wrote a post for Christianity Today’s her.meneutics blog called “Love Your Neighbor. Get Your... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 FAMILY, HEALTH

• Remember and Then Feast; It’s Not BBQ Day

  

  I was perhaps seven years old when I first read the first few books in the American Girl ‘Molly’ series, even though I didn’t actually receive the coveted doll... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s The First International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

  Today is the first International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Please read on to learn about this devastating condition that affects millions of women in some o... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION