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Seven-Year-Old Apologist Stands Up to Problem of Evil+

Recently, as I began the nightly ritual of putting children to bed, I knelt by my seven-year-old son’s bed and...

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Five Ways to Process the Sandy Hook Shooting – Special Post+

My husband and I were driving icy roads to Santa Fe when I read of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  I...

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The mighty smallness of God+

When my five-year-old asked how big God was, I launched into some Sunday School verbage about God’s hugeness. Vast, I...

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Missing worship+

After school every day my kids and I run through a sort of “poor man’s” or maybe “cheap date” version...

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What can I promise?+

When I found out I was pregnant with my son I began to ask some new questions, like, “What can...

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Monsters, Mantra and Prayer+

Two weeks ago, we visited friends in New Hampshire and happened to choose an episode of the Backyardigans that involved...

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Even if…, God is Good+

It was my own fault for bringing God into the conversation as I did. So when I told my child...

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Tears and Donuts+

Much has been made of the organic, low sugar, low carb diets. But this is not a post about eating...

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When the Crap Hits the Fan+

Last year, a few weeks before our daughter’s fourth birthday, I gave her an ultimatum: Start regularly using the toilet,...

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All work and no play+

The toe-curling moment when Gollum and Bilbo plunge into a game of Riddles nears its end when Bilbo asks, “What...

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