The birthday gods of blogging are smiling down on me. I have a whole line up of pearly gems to cast down into the internet mire. It’s going to be pretty great. To kick off this epic week, here is a funny little piece written by a Young Person ™, about the age of my second offspring, who USA Today has fixed upon as the Critic Du Jour. Pity they didn’t give me a call because I’m pretty sure any... Read more
In spight of a most glorious storm last night, this morning is still humid and gray and full of unhappy happenings like a burial and a mucking out of the schoolroom. Nevertheless, we spent a pleasant hour on Saturday untangling all the various kinds of apostasy–well, not all of them, just the two most notable ones of late, Josh Harris and Marty Sampson. What is the same about them and what is different, that’s what we ask ourselves. Enjoy! Let’s... Read more
The French news on Friday alerted me to the fact that this weekend is the 50th anniversary of Woodstock—that curious cultural moment when a lot of young people converged magically on some field in upstate NY to listen to a lot of music and do a lot of drugs—at least, that’s what I divined from reading more about it on the internet. Now it has a website, of course, because everything becomes respectable in time. You can buy merch, obviously,... Read more
Is it already Friday? And me only halfway through my list of All The Things. One The state of NY requires homeschoolers to explain what exactly they intend to do during the forth-coming scholastic endeavor by the date of August 15—about the time when you begin to see the back-to-school pictures of every single other state. This, if you’re me, always catches you completely by surprise. But But But It’s summer! you sputter. Regular school only let out the last... Read more
Jesus contemplating Hollis’ heavenly vision in amazement with just a hint of horror. I’m over at the Christian Research Institute today with that piece on Rachel Hollis I’ve been moaning about all these months. Here is the article, and here is the podcast wherein I exclaim in wonder over her very strange view of the afterlife. Here’s a taste to get you to click: The active search for temporal happiness is the drum beat of her conferences and the bulk... Read more
What a busy day I have. Which means not lying about here surfing the internet, as I am doing. Still, surely there must be something to propel me through the day. How ’bout this unhelpful and specious tweet: Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth. #wednesdaywisdom Mmm. This sounds like the opposite of the way you might successfully live a decent and godly life.... Read more
Here, have a chocolate pot. The Facebook birthday function on my device has been broken for the whole month of August—half over as it is. One birthday name appears on the side every morning, followed by the number of birthdays of my friends, but when I click on it, a blank white unresponsive screen comes up. If I really want to know whose birthday it is, I have to go over to a proper computer and remember to look, and... Read more
Happy Monday to you all. We woke up and did an extra super special Anniversary Edition Podcast–18 ways to stay married for 18 years. Some of them are even serious, though we do launch in with Miley Cyrus, that great font of human wisdom, and her shocking insight that “change is inevitable.” Oh, and we mention another great historical moment, Matt being kicked off of twitter. The whole thing is kind of long, but I’m sure it will be good... Read more
Last night, as I was trying to stagger my way up to bed, I was interrupted by the news of yet another famous Christian singer apostatizing. I was arrested by this now regular occurrence because at first, it seemed to be the very one who authored the endlessly fascinating (to me) Oceans. Truly, I know that if I listen to those lyrics long enough I will untangle the knot of metaphors and discover both who it is that’s sinking in... Read more
Kelly isn’t doing links today, but I thought I’d have a whack at them, since my summer is flying towards its inevitable and frantic close and my vacation is already completely forgotten. One As those of you hooked into the strange world of social media saw yesterday, my husband Matt was kicked off of twitter for—as is his wont—rather bluntly calling a predatory man who masquerades as a woman what he really is, a man. I say this perfectly understanding... Read more
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