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Family Resemblance
The speaker this past Sunday morning came as close as anyone ever does in our quiet Italian-Brethren church to thundering from the pulpit. My ears, grown allergic over the decades to Preacher Voice,...
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A New Original
[By Sophie, illustrating the emotional journey of being away from her parents for a week and then reunited with us. Please note Dan’s righteous beard.] I’ve wanted to be a mom as long as I can...
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Book Stories: The Escape Artist
If you’ve been following my blog for any time, then you know 1) that I identify as Christian, and 2) that “Christian” means something very different to me today than it did when I was growing up...
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The Motherheart of God: A New Picture
I had the singular pleasure of getting to know Adriel Booker this summer over ravioli and wine in a medieval village overlooking the fields of Tuscany at sunset. (It did not suck.) She’s a stunning...
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When a Good Offense is the Best Defense for Abuse
Growing up Quiverfull, I was always aware that we had more to prove than ordinary families did. When we attracted public stares, whether for being out on a school morning or simply for the novelty of...
View ArticleGrace as: Role Call
“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.” ~ John Irving It all started crumbling at the mention of a playdate. One of our girls is going through...
View ArticleFor What She’s Worth
I am not an angry feminist. In fact, I’ve never thought of myself as any kind of feminist; gender inequality was never more than an infrequent blip on my radar, and part of me secretly thought that...
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