Easter Week for stoics (Why I love Jesus but I’m kind of meh about Easter)
I have a confession to make about Easter . . . Each year, it brings up some uncomfortable feelings for me. You see, on the personality scale between pragmatic and emotional, I’m way over on the boring end of the bell curve. I tend to be a very logical, calculated person. I don’t like schmaltzy love songs or romantic movies or grand gestures. I make decisions with my head and not my heart. I would prefer a committed and steady relationship to an impassionate love affair. I like the practical. I . . .
Two prayers for Labor Day
Yesterday our church led the congregation in two prayers for Labor Day. I will be honest – I have never given a lot of thought to Labor Day, and I’ve certainly never thought of it in a Christian framework. But I appreciated these prayers, and the way they made me contemplate justice as it pertains to labor issues. I thought you might appreciate them too. A Prayer for Labor Sunday God, help us to build a new world in the midst of the old. A world where all worker are valued. A world where those . . .
Family Dinner Traditions: prayer and meditation (and some Christian and secular mealtime prayers)
This week, as many of us are gearing up to get back into the routine of school, I thought I would share a bit about our quest to develop good dinnertime traditions. We fell off the wagon a bit this summer, and we're really trying to get back into the routine of not only eating together at the table together, but of making use of the time as a family bonding experience. Dinners with four small kids can be hectic, and sometimes it feels like more work than it’s worth. But this is one of . . .
John Piper on the Theology of Adoption
Got five minutes? Sure you do! Check it out. . . .
Women Helping Women
The Women's Program of Heartline Haiti is all about teaching women to care for their babies and find industry and self-care for themselves. They assist in prenatal and parenting classes, and teach women a trade, like sewing or crocheting purses. Here is a story about one of the women in their program: Today was one of those days when the women's program did its job. It worked. I don't know how the end result will turn out but I saw women surrounding one of their own and coming to her aid with . . .