Solidarity with the Poor

The other night I spent a good two hours planning out how to strategically get rid of the last few postpartum pounds.  I went on-line and discovered diet and eating plans galore.  You’ve seen them: don’t eat this type of food for two weeks.  Then enter this phase where you combine other types of food.  [...]

Hunger

All the articles aimed at new parents talk about the piercing quality of a newborn’s cry.  Stress levels rise when we hear a baby crying, and, when it’s your own baby, you will do almost anything to comfort him.  One of the most satisfying things about being a new mother is the ability to meet [...]

Resurrection – Part 1

In the church year, this is the season of Easter — a time for feasting and celebration, a time when we remember the truth that Jesus has triumphed over death and the grave.  But what does this mean?  Resurrection is a term heavily laden with cultural influences, carrying with it ideas of heaven, childhood memories [...]

Dragon Slaying

Just snagged this quote off the Editorial Anonymous blog post for today:
“We don’t tell children stories to teach them that there are dragons. Children know there are dragons; they meet them every day. We tell children stories to teach them that dragons can be slain.”
–G.K. Chesterton
Enough said.

Ash Wednesday

I like participating in Ash Wednesday. I like walking around with a cross of ashes right smack dab in the middle of my forehead. I like the surreptitious glances of people who see the mark and then quickly look away, as if they caught me doing something inappropriate. I like wearing a [...]

Pride and Prejudice – and a little more pride and prejudice on the side.

Alision Morris has been blogging about literary crushes. I can’t help but confess that a crush on Fitzwilliam Darcy practically carried me through high school. I don’t think it was just that particular character, but Jane Austen’s world captivated me. I read those novels countless times, seeing a world of virtue and [...]