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My Not-so-ordinary WorldWhy Can't the World Be More Like Disney?May 13, 2013 To the GirlsApril 18, 2013
We are older now--women who have (more…) Death Before ResurrectionMarch 29, 2013  Some time during Holy Week--maybe it was Sunday afternoon when the crowd was still cheering their Messiah--Jesus warned his disciples of his coming death. “The hour has come for (more…) To Blog or Not To BlogMarch 18, 2013  Heart-of-the-matter FictionMarch 1, 2013  Sharon Souza's Unraveled starts slowly (way too much background in chapter one and a bit too much general niceness in the early chapters), but wow! when it gets going!Sharon describes her writing as “heart-of-the-matter fiction with a good dose of humor.” The humor in this case comes from the quirky voice of Aria Winters (more…) To my ValentineFebruary 15, 2013  It’s Valentine’s Day as I write. The table is set. Okay, so the plates are plastic from Target. At least they’re red. I finished the runner this week. The menu is planned and everything prepped. My husband and I have been married almost forty years, but he is still my best (more…)
The Problem of Pain in a Modern ThrillerFebruary 1, 2013  Jeanette Windle’s books just keep getting better. I reviewed her Afghanistan series in the past. Her latest, Congo Dawn, is being released this week. It's set in the former Belgian Congo, Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” Whether that darkness is local or colonial, Conrad leaves in doubt, and Windle picks up this theme in a thriller (more…) Redemption in the MoviesJanuary 11, 2013  Praying for ChangeDecember 21, 2012
This isn't exactly a Christmas blog either, but if we're going to spend extra time in prayer on the twenty-eighth of December, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, as I suggested earlier this week, how shall we pray? We want to see solutions to the problem of gun violence in America. Here are some suggestions for using the ACTS format—adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication.
Adoration We begin by praising God for (more…) And Ever Mourn and SayDecember 19, 2012  |
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