I am slightly obsessed with the British royal family. Not like, following the z-list members all the time, knowing EVERYONE’S name and place in line for the throne obsessed, but for the central figures – yeah, sure. I follow the Kensington Palace instagram account, and for the last couple years have eagerly followed news whenever […]
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Personal – December #Reverb17 Week 4
We’ve reached the point of the year with Project Reverb where it goes to a daily prompt. As I already have so much to talk about, I limit myself to one post per week where I address as many of that week’s prompts as seem appropriate. If you’re interested in seeing my responses to the […]
Personal – Lent and Easter
Noted: This coming Sunday is Easter, so I thought I would take a brief moment and talk about what Lent and Easter mean to me. The first half is light on theology, so if you’re not interested in what I have to say on Easter, feel free to stop reading at the photo of the Easter […]
Book – “Lamb”
Ok – we’ve established on this blog that I’m a Christian, and hopefully you can see that I’m a modern Christian, with compassion instead of fire and brimstone. Well…today is the day that we (hopefully) establish that I’m also the kind of Christian with a sense of humor about her faith. Because today I’m reviewing […]
Book – “I am Malala”
One of my goals every year with reading is to read diversely. That means not just reading about middle class white people in America as written by men. It means reading more books by women, by non-white authors, by authors who live in different countries, by people of other religions. It means reading more non-fiction […]
Articles – “Stop trying to make church cool”
Spoiler alert: I’m a Christian. I’m about to discuss an article related to religion. If someone being religious scares you, or makes you angry, now would be the time to close this tab on your browser, but I hope you don’t. The article I’m about to discuss probably will speak to a lot of us […]