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I was in a restaurant last week with Peter. I’ve mentioned before that I am very pregnant. For a woman who barely approaches the five foot mark, there’s really just not much room for a baby. So my stomach is a remarkable vision of a full-term pregnant woman. Still, it surprised me when not one,…

I have a new post on her.meneutics in response to Amy Chua’s controversial essay in last week’s Wall Street Journal: “Why I Don’t Want to be a Chinese Mother.” It begins:  Amy Chua’s essay for The Wall Street Journal, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” sprinted across media outlets and the blogosphere, prompting responses at Motherlode, The San Francisco…

I’ve been thinking all week about MLK Day. I want to write something that honors Dr. King and not only remembers his legacy but continues it in some way. And yet every time I try, I find myself at a loss for words. I feel inadequate. My knowledge of (and respect for) Dr. King comes…

I reviewed and recommended Emily Colson’s book, Dancing with Max, a few months back. It is a memoir about Colson’s son Max, who has autism. Last week, Colson wrote a guest post for her.meneutics about including individuals with autism in church communities. For stories about the gift these individuals bring, and a few strategies for inclusion,…

On January 2nd, I had a series of strong contractions. They lasted over a minute each, and they came regularly, every ten minutes, for over an hour. It was 11 p.m. I called the doctor. She said, “If they get closer together and increase in intensity, come on in.” And then the contractions stopped. The…

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…

For most of the fall, I’ve had two due dates in mind. First, the day a final draft of my book was due to my publisher–December 31st. Second, the day our third child was due to be born–January 22nd. I’ve heard the two compared before. The idea is that birthing a child is much like…
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