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Domesticity, Feminism...and Mary Magdalene
Wednesday July 2, 2008
For several years, my secret vice has been the Domestic Blogosphere. Posy Gets Cozy is one of thousands of blogs that celebrate childrearing, house decoration, yarn, pets and, often, historical fiction of the English cottage variety....
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Handicapping Your Mind, Part I: Jonathan Franzen
Tuesday July 1, 2008
Should we hold writers accountable for the comments they make in interviews? Of course we should—writers are like anybody else. But how closely should we analyze those comments? It seems that it would be unfair to do so....
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Offertorium
Monday June 30, 2008
I took a trip to Boston this past week. The youth choir from my church here in Dallas was touring the Boston area, and among them were my two teenage children. I took the opportunity to attend to some business....
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(Extra) Ordinary People
Wednesday June 25, 2008
This past Monday morning I kneeled down on a flagstone sidewalk to tell my four-year-old son that he was going to be just fine going in to his new summer day camp. It was his first day at this new camp....
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Slow Reading
Tuesday June 24, 2008
In the May 6 issue of Christian Century, several people in the book business were asked what sort of book they’d like to see written. I was struck particularly by the comments of Lil Copan, who is senior editor at Paraclete Press. Lil said that what she craves....
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