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How To Get Along Online
After many of my friends have expressed frustration at the way people get on each other for expressing opinions online, I decided to try to encapsulate their sentiment. Do you think this captures it? Circular reasoning? Agree or disagree, and why?
Read MoreWhat do Faith Bloggers, the Lone Ranger, and Chiaroscuro Have in Common?
Faith bloggers are a funny bunch. They tend to approach their craft with all the collaborative spirit of the Lone Ranger, writing off alone into the sunset on their trusty steed Scripture. I say “they” as if I’ve never done this myself. That would be false. I’m just as guilty of doing this as the…
Read MoreIn Which “Joy in This Journey” Really *Is* a Journey, Ill-Advised and Without a Map
If we meet some day and you ask my advice about starting a blog, I would tell you not to be a faith blogger. I didn’t start out as one. I was a mommy-blogger, writing the every-day family stories that punctuated our frequent medical emergencies. I do this very rarely now that my kids are…
Read More“The Evolution of Adam”: In Which Science and Faith Are Allies, Not Enemies
(This post is much longer than is usual for me. Any conversation about science and faith is emotionally-charged and prone to misunderstanding. I felt it necessary to devote extended space to this book review, including a lengthy set-up and numerous quotations to avoid pulling things out of context. I pray that my efforts to address…
Read More“Because I Can” – a Book Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview by the Most Amateur Interviewer Since Chris Farley
Janet Oberholtzer is a great sport. She agreed to be a test subject for me to learn how my new advertising network works (that’s her ad in my sidebar — have you seen it?). This week she agreed to let me try out my interviewing skills AND my recording skills — I’ve never recorded a…
Read MoreGet Naked: The Most Important Writing Advice You Will Ever Read
Ok, that might be a little bit of hyperbole. But as we close out the year, I want to share the most important writing advice I’ve ever run across. It is at the heart of the weekly blogging meme I started in 2011 called life:unmasked (link up your unmasked posts here every Wednesday!). It is the heart…
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