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April 2018

April 26, 2018
It's a boy!" Great Britain and Anglophiles the world over rejoiced at the newest royal...
April 23, 2018
Another week, another pastor resigning due to accusations of sexual misconduct. The recent phenomenon of #metoo and...
April 20, 2018
I am late to the game, apparently. An author I recently—as in, last month—discovered has...
April 17, 2018
At a recent writing conference I attended, multiple conversations swirled around the topic of privilege,...
April 12, 2018
Do you lead a group of people that includes women? You might be male or...
April 10, 2018
  My two teenage sons recently returned from a week in Nicaragua, where they and...
April 05, 2018
Family lore says that I got off the bus after my first day of Kindergarten,...
April 02, 2018
"Does God fight Satan now?" The question from the backseat startled me. I might have...

March 2018

March 30, 2018
My tulips got me thinking about Easter.
March 24, 2018
Did you, or did you want to, "March for [y]our Lives" this weekend? Or would...
March 21, 2018
What movies do families want to watch during the Easter season? It depends on the...
March 19, 2018
He had no training, no experience. His introverted personality did not lend itself to the task....
March 15, 2018
For one day a year, in the US at least, everyone is Irish—or wishes they...
March 12, 2018
I've never liked the phrase "the power of prayer." Too many times people toss it...
March 08, 2018
March 8 has become known as International Women's Day, a focal point within Women's History Month...
March 05, 2018
I discovered fastpitch softball almost by accident. Riding my bike around the spacious fields that...
March 02, 2018
Historically, God has "belonged" to certain groups of people: first to the Jews, and then...

February 2018

February 27, 2018
"So, are the kids okay?" I sat across from a fellow mom at lunch. My...
February 21, 2018
Since the news broke this morning of the death of Dr. Billy Graham at age...
February 20, 2018
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Dickens? Well, yes. But...
February 16, 2018
I love a captive audience, don't you? I find great, often diabolical, humor in the...

January 2018

January 24, 2018
My friends can attest—indeed, may even roll their eyes—that I "heart" the recent cinematic musical The...
January 10, 2018
LAST SUMMER, OUR PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LAB ENLIVENED OUR HOME WITH A LITTER OF PUPPIES. ONE...

November 2017

November 21, 2017
I recently received a handwritten letter—when’s the last time you have seen one of those?—from...

September 2017

September 15, 2017
"Come today there's no reason to wait. Jesus is calling." The other day I did something...
September 05, 2017
As the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses approaches, Bible Study Magazine has devoted...

August 2017

August 24, 2017
In this children's book, Caryn Rivadeneira explores the events, personalities, and cultures of more than...

July 2017

July 26, 2017
If anyone has seen my Facebook feed this summer and not purposely hidden my posts,...

October 2013

October 20, 2013
Beth Moore spoke the day before. I drove back to the hotel late last night,...

September 2013

September 03, 2013
You could safely describe my family as bibliophiles. Even the 3yo loves books, and his...
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