Devotion
Back before I started the blog, I used to hang out at the Straight Dope's message board, posting under a...

In days of old
I was going to link to a long book excerpt that the Pontificator put up last week, but he seems...

What you got, they can't steal it
If you were wondering what Beth was talking about in this post, it was the fact that she'd indicated I'd...

The graces
Toward the end of my mother's visit, we had a conversation which, she said, made my interest in Christianity "make...

Humbling the exalted
After I went off to traipse among the cedars, Joe Guada wrote a thoughtful response to my most recent post...

How the blogosphere works
So such small hands links to this piece. I see it and, on a whim, email it to Telford, thinking...

Speaking to my inner fangirl
Tmatt at Get Religion has a terrific post about U2, which includes his reminiscences about interviewing the band 22 years...

New to the 'hood
I've made a few additions to the blogroll lately, all of them pastor blogs: Among the Ruins, Michael Spencer and...

The haps
As if my last post weren't grim enough, I now find out that Josh Claybourn has lost his mother at...

Mortal thoughts
While I was away I missed Lynn's announcement of her father's death. By the time I got back the funeral...

Journey's end
Hello! I'm back from my trip, and I'm totally exhausted. My mother and I drove yesterday from just north of...

Traveling
I'm posting today from my hometown of Mill Valley, California, where I'm on the first leg of my vacation. In...

Fight the powers that be
My, it's been a long time since I've blogged about The Politics of Jesus, hasn't it? Kynn's recent post pondering...

Making all things new
The Salty Vicar writes about doing a funeral, which includes this thought about the resurrection: I then asked them to...

The minutest particular
So that's where Mark's been the last couple weeks. Congratulations!...

The pen is mightier than the sword
... at least when it comes to inflicting violence on the English language with the annual Bulwer-Lytton contest. (Via Bill...

Creeds
A few days ago Dash sent me the link to this interesting interview with Christian historian Jaroslav Pelikan. (You need...