A New Kind of Christianity
March 1st, 2010
A few weeks ago, I wrote a somewhat emotionally reactive post about (hyper-) Calvinism and the seeming militant commitment to it by its adherents. I didn’t mention it then, but the words were in response to a book I had just read, Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists. Though I finished [...]
In the Motherhood
November 15th, 2009
A while back I asked my husband if he thought the American way of family life–a single nuclear family living in a private home–is the best model available. He was either being wise or rude; I can’t remember that he engaged the debate. The question lingered and resurfaced while reading an excellent book, Honeymoon in [...]


