The fat lady hasn’t sung yet, but she’s waiting in the wings… and the Senate Repubs have gotta be *damn* happy they never invoked the nuclear option.

There’s a member of the church that’s really been having a hard time and hasn’t been in church in a long time. I talked to her over the summer and we talked about the possibility of my coming to visit sometime. Nothing was set, and the idea languished on my to-do list for months. Every […]

I took little she-who-is for her flu shot today. I picked her up early from L’s house and casually told her where we were going. As we pulled away she said, “I think the doctor is closed today.” Later she said, “I already have the flu.” As we sat in traffic she said, “Maybe we […]

Book discussion today at the presbytery office—Barbara Brown Taylor’s Leaving Church. Many good questions raised; few answers:
BBT’s path of faith and her desire to be authentically herself ultimately led her out of the church and pastoral ministry. Must it be that way? Can this kind of questing and questioning (including a bald admission of great […]

and on the sixth day,
a rose appeared on our frozen porch.
it had perched in an earthenware vase,
soaked up psalms,
blushed at amens,
on a wood table as round as the world
two days later
it began to weep petals,
so […]

Nursing relationship, that is.
The divine miss m has been on strike for 24+ hours. I’ve offered at various times today but she twists and shrieks in a way that says, “I am So Over You.”
I know this is common at this age, although for some it’s just a phase. So we could easily wean and […]

This morning I was walking on the treadmill while checking in with my boys via Tivo.
I’m no fan of Barry Manilow, but he was on the Colbert Report on Monday, and he and Stephen sang a duet. During Stephen’s bit I noticed that the treadmill had slowed way down. I looked down at the cardio […]

Please share your thoughts on the following:
1) The Tooth Fairy
A harmless childhood myth. I received quarters; I understand that the rate has gone up.
2) Flossing
Something I should do but don’t. I have this permanent retainer on the bottom teeth which requires a threader, and that’s a major deterrent. I’m hoping the sonic toothbrush sorta makes […]