Grace and justice feel like opposites. Justice punishes the evildoer, and grace lets them get away with it, under the guise of love. Or so it seems. So it’s understandable in a case like Jerry Sandusky’s (because he’s a case now, not a person), that people would all lean hard towards justice. It’s hard to…
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Trying To Be Grateful
Links for the Weekend
A smattering of links I’ve bookmarked because they were interesting, entertaining, or otherwise worth a read. These are links to all the posts I’ve tweeted about (and therefore are my favorites) because of #mutuality2012 this week. Much thanks to Rachel for heading this all up. I have learned so much and been so inspired from…
In Defense of Strong Women
5 Kids Do Not a Quiet Time Make
The kids are all in their rooms or quietly playing outside, the daily after-lunch quiet time attempting to get underway. I sit at my desk, opening my prayer book, wanting connection and peace before I begin to write. I get one sentence in. O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you as the…
Leaving the Tradition of Inequality Behind
Yesterday I talked about needing better options for marriage. Today’s post is about equality being our option. I grew up with a domineering, sometimes emotionally abusive mother, and a mild-mannered dad who just wanted to keep the peace. I can’t write about my marriage without talking about my parent’s marriage. I wish I could…
Links for the Weekend
A smattering of links I’ve bookmarked because they were interesting, entertaining, or otherwise worth a read.
books I’m reading this week
Links for the Weekend
A smattering of links I’ve bookmarked because they were interesting, entertaining, or otherwise worth a read. This song just popped up on my Pandora station and I love it! Falling Slowly Absolutely horrifying and appalling – Rape victims say military labels them ‘crazy’. I’m doing a Bible study on Scouting the Divine, and I…
Festival of Faith and Writing, the Final Day
On Essays – Patrick Madden Essays are the study of the everyday, but transcendent and transformative. “I have no more made my book than my book has made me.” – Montaigne The written ‘I’ and the writer ‘I’. The character ‘I’ is not the writer ‘I’. Essay conveys the quality of the author’s mind. Your…