I have a new post on her.meneutics: “The Virgins-Only Dating Website.” It begins:  Fewer and fewer Americans are getting married. Those who do are, on average, waiting longer to wed than have previous generations. But according to Time‘s “Who Needs Marriage? A Changing Institution,” women and men still want to meet and build relationships with each…

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.  But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for…

On the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, I was invited to participate in a conversation at Patheos about Faith and Doubt. Click here for a link to the Patheos Book Club discussion about Kent Annan’s Aftershock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World is Shaken. Click here for “Letters from Haiti,” featuring a collection of personal stories of hope from relief…

Penny turned five on December 30th. She’s taking her new age very seriously. Since the big day, she has “controlled her hands” without instruction. On the rare occasion that her behavior warrants a “time out” (for some reason, our children just cannot resist saying “poo poo” at the dinner table), she doesn’t protest, but scurries…

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