I’ve had the chance to offer three different book giveaways in the last couple of weeks, which I have to say is so fun! I love giving gifts! I am delighted to announce the winners today. Thank you to everyone who participated in the launch of life: unmasked last week. Your posts were exactly what…

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My husband’s favorite analogy for my approach to social media is cock-fighting. He likes to call me “the female Michael Vick of the blogosphere.” When I post something particularly controversial, he launches into his impression of me and snipes, “Kill Whitey! Discuss!” I must protest. Sure, I love to throw bait out, like “What do…

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I’m often frustrated by the Christian books marketed to children, and to their parents. The children’s Bibles are filled with fragmented stories selected apparently at random out of the Bible and illustrated with chubby-cheeked white-skinned cherubic children. The stories in fiction are stilted and artificial. The rhyming books… oh the rhyming books. Everyone thinks they…

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[My Husband’s Perspective on Living Life with a Wife on the Web] Joy and I had just put the kiddos to bed. We plopped down on the couch, exhausted, with a bowl of fresh long-stemmed cherries between us. It was a tranquil, typical—and yes, perhaps somewhat sad scene: our dueling MacBook Pros whirring away on…

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Our church is holding their annual vacation Bible this week, and I’m helping with a group of 4th-6th grade boys and girls. I thoroughly enjoy working with kids this age and have had some really good conversations with some of the girls, but people… this is exhausting. I’ve crashed on the couch every day this…

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