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What I’m Reading: Articles on genetics, depression, hospitals, and disability
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amyjuliabecker
These days, I spend a lot of time with my Iphone. When I’m nursing Marilee, I read. I have an app for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time Magazine, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Christianity Today, and the ESV Bible. Although I wish I had more time to offer my own thoughts and questions prompted by…
Is It Okay to Get Divorced?
By
amyjuliabecker
I’m a happily married woman, but I’ve been thinking about divorce this week. First, I wrote a piece for her.meneutics about Christian blogger Anne Jackson’s divorce: “When Christians Get Divorced.” (I’ll post an excerpt below.) Then, I happened across an interview on Patheos with Rob Bell in which he used marriage as an example of…
The Quotidian in Community
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amyjuliabecker
I wrote this morning about Kathleen Norris’ The Quotidian Mysteries. Part of Norris’ point is that creative thoughts often arise in the mundane details of life. While folding laundry, an idea pops into her head for a poem, or she remembers that she wanted to write a friend a note, or she recall the words of…
Do You Know What Quotidian Means? (And do you know how much it matters?)
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amyjuliabecker
I recently reread a book by Kathleen Norris, The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and Women’s Work. Thankfully, she includes a definition of quotidian as an epigraph. It means pertaining to the every day, and my life is consumed by every day activities, especially with a newborn. I wrote a post for her.meneutics as reflection: “The…
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