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I am a fan of The Generous Wife, a Christian website that sends out a daily e-mail to women with tips on ways to improve their marriage.
But today’s tip was one of those that I disagree with. Passionately. So much so, that I’m pulling out a blog post that I wrote 5 years ago this month, and with a few minor modifications, I’m reposting it. So without further ado…from the archives… Continue Reading…
11 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child, I learned on an internet discussion board about a parenting book that was “popular” and yet “controversial.” I spent about 30 minutes reading up about the controversy, and promptly dismissed it as “ridiculous, no one would believe the ideas in that book are useful.”
A few months later, after an aquaintance recommended the book to me with exceeding passion, and especially when I learned that the church my husband and I had just started attending was using teaching materials produced by this author, I had to rethink the hasty conclusion that I had drawn. Was this a teaching that I should embrace? If it wasn’t, should I take some other action? Continue Reading…
Tent set up at a hospital to treat patients with flu-like symptoms
A friend alerted me to a recent LA Times article about the H1N1 flu, and wondered what I thought of it.
I told her “The Bible tells us not to worry about tomorrow for today has enough worries of its own…so if your family does not have H1N1 today, the Bible tells you not to worry about it, right? ;-)”
As a Christian, seriously, I think that should be the bottom line. But I’m a number cruncher too, so of course I didn’t leave it at that. Continue Reading…