“Swinging from Parents”

I’m feeling particularly tender today…thinking about babies and my empty arms. Thinking about the Chapman’s recent tragic loss, baby girls waiting in Chinese orphanages, how one can never truly understand pregnancy loss unless you have experienced it yourself, and the sweet truth that God knows our hearts so deeply and intimately.
Here in Lincoln we are [...]

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Catholics and Choice

Thanks to readers Kathy and Beth for their thoughtful comments on my recent post regarding Christianity and the issue of reproductive choice. I value them both so much because they speak from lives influenced by the Catholic Church.
I want to refer any interested readers to the website for Catholics For Choice. The President of this [...]

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Steven Curtis Chapman: A champion of international adoption suffers a huge loss

Steven Curtis Chapman, an amazing Christian musician and champion of international adoption, has suffered the loss of one of his 3 daughters adopted from China. Both the subject of adoption and the nation of China are dear to my heart, and I have followed the stories of the adoption of their 3 girls.
The following is [...]

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Christian and pro choice: Part 2

Further thoughts: 6/15/08
In thinking more about this post, I have been convicted by the Holy Spirit to clarify a couple of things. I want it to be very clear that I do not believe that there is “more than one truth” out there in terms of views on abortion. I realize that the statement, “You have your [...]

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Christian and pro choice: yes, it’s true!

I don’t get into this conversation with many of my Christian friends…I wish more of them would be open to the discussion but I have to respect that this is an incredibly emotionally charged issue and friendships can be lost over such things. At the same time, I wish that more Christians could be open [...]

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Welcoming my husband to the blogging world

My dear husband David has now entered the blogosphere! He is posting his wise observations on things both of this world and out of this world at SolidWords — check it out!

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New Survey: 3 Out of 4 American Women Have Disordered Eating

On April 22, 2008 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued the following news release:
Three Out of Four American Women Have Disordered Eating
Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with [...]

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Genesis 1 and the convergence of Biblical and scientific wisdom

Thought-provoking post on Genesis 1 with link to presentation on “Genesis and Cosmology” by Dr. John Walton, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. Check it out:
He is Sufficient
Other suggested reading for those interested in creation theology and science: The Science of God and Genesis and the Big Bang by Gerald L. Schroeder (Israeli physicist [...]

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