I was invited to participate in a blogger roundtable at Patheos, and I was asked to answer the question, in 100-words or less: Why Does the Incarnation Matter? For those of you who are wondering, the incarnation is the idea that God took on flesh (incarnation comes from the root words in-carne, in the flesh)…

I’ve written before about the tension between “promoting” my writing without succumbing to marketing pressure (“Going Organic“). So at the risk of being overly self-promotional, I wanted to let you know a few ways to keep reading. First, there’s my book, Penelope Ayers. If you’re interested in reading excerpts or hearing a few portions read…

I have a new post at her.meneutics: Holiday Shopping for Jesus?  It begins:  The statistics aren’t available yet, but the questions proliferate: After two years of “anemic” spending in December, will the retail market rebound? Will Americans prop up an ailing economy by spending lots of money on Christmas presents? Wherever the numbers end up, women will make the…

The following story about Gabriel is the first in a series of three “Perfectly Human” posts that will highlight the work of the Special Hope Network, an organization devoted to serving the needs of children with intellectual disabilities in Zambia. In this season of giving, as I mentioned in my post this morning, I urge…

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