Unfortunately I was not blessed with low-maintenance hair. My hair is thick and intermittently wavy (more like wrinkled than curly) and when left to it's own devices, insanely frizzy. It's also pretty gray, which means it is wiry and brittle. (And color-treated).  As such, I'm always on the hunt for good products. First of all, pomade. I must have some kind of pomade/smoother/serum in my hair to keep it tame. I've tried numerous products of this sort and just recently found my favorite. . . .

I got to meet Frank Schaeffer this past year at a writer’s retreat for Red Letter Christians. He immediately felt like a kindred spirit. We had both been raised in very conservative families, with fathers who were pillars in our respective faith communities. (Frank’s father is renowned theologian Francis Schaeffer.) We are both passionate about politics, and had a similar journey of growing disillusioned about the marriage between the Republican party and the church. Frank is a deep thinker with . . .