I'm Not A Fan of Hallmark Holidays
I am not a fan of the Hallmark holidays, people.
These are the ones invented by retailers to guilt me into buying stuff. I'm thinking about Mother's Day and Father's Day, though these retail celebrations can...
Tweens, Laryngitis and Prophetic Sopranos
Have you ever known a girl who seemed vibrant and fully alive, at ages 7 and 8 and 9, who then went “underground” as she entered adolescence?
Shakespeare’s Ophelia, smitten with hero Hamlet, typifies this ...
The Equality of the Sin That is Killing Us All
Buy cheap viagra soft" width="185" height="166" />This week Duke University’s Center for Reconciliation is hosting its annual Summer Institute. I realize that sounds a little fancy schmancy, but I p...
The R-word, The N-Word and The Book That Should be Burned
“Can someone say the word out loud, so that we all know what we’re talking about?” I asked.
A hand slowly went up. Then another.
“Retard?” one ventured hesitantly, as if unsure whether she even wanted to b...
10 More Reasons The Gospel That's Good News for the Poor is Good News for the Rich
Today’s RLC Blog Challenge: It would be super-easy to skim this Top 10 list and then leave a snarky comment at the end about all the ways the author is so naïve. You can do that if you want. (She actually cou...
The New Scarlet Letters Christian Women Are Wearing These Days? R. L. C.
When I had the happy fortune of sharing breakfast with Tony last year, I asked him if there was a particular way to inspire and equip women whose basic needs are met—the kind, like me, that read blogs l...
Spoiled Witches, Puerile Vanity, and Compassion International
“I do get tired with rich western women complaining that they are being forced to be thin. If you don't like it, don't buy the magazines…So blame yourselves and shut up.”
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What You and Frodo Might Just Have in Common
I can’t be trusted with Christian fiction.
It’s not that can’t be trusted to write it. I can’t even be trusted to read it.
When my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Kraakevik, read our class C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles...
Adopted Girl Found Dead in Truck, I May Be at Fault
As an adopted person and adoptive mother, I pay attention when adoption hits the news.
Early this week authorities in West Palm Beach Florida found Jorge Barahona and his adopted son unconscious in Barahona’s...
A Senior Devil’s Strategy to Disable Red Letter Christians
A very high-ranking devil is training his minions to thwart Red Letter Christians…
“If we’re going to effectively persuade him of his impotency at impacting a world in need, be sure to obscure the fact that...