Several Sundays ago my kids were playing outside when we called them to get in the car for church. They stalled. They whined. They asked, "Why do we always have to go to church?" My responses became less patient and my words sharper, until I slammed my hand against ...

Mandie Shaw, Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables, and Elsie Dinsmore were close companions of mine throughout the teen years. I also enjoyed as occasional playmates Sierra Jensen and Christy Miller.

I now regret some of those friendships.

As a voracious reader, ...

Last Sunday morning, my daughter Penny helped me make breakfast for her dad. He likes it simple: coffee, OJ, a bowl of cereal with raisins. We assembled it all on a tray, complete with the newspaper and a card: "Happy Father's Day I love my dad" in 4-year old ...

Medical experts, pro-life advocates, and women's groups are once again debating the moral questions raised by so-called "morning-after" pills. On June 17, an advisory panelrecommended that the FDA approve anemergency contraceptive known as "ella" for prescription ...

On Saturday night I attended a dinner party in Laguna. A guest seated next to me pulled out a snazzy looking camera, and raved about how he got it for a steal on Craigslist.

In the car, I asked my sister if she's used Craigslist. "Of course! It's the best. It's ...

When Glee creator Ryan Murphy announced that the popular TV show would add a female Christian character in its second season, a "Carrie Underwood" type, I worried that she might be just another outrageous caricature representing the worst people think of us. But ...

The other night my husband, Rafi, and I clicked through old photos on his laptop. He stopped on a picture of our son, who is now 8 years old but was 4 in the photograph. Rafi smiled at our son's short hair and big smile and said, "Remember how he looked when he ...

Okay, true confessions time: I showed my 14 year-old son Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video.

No, it wasn't a mistake and yes, I'd do it again. You might be asking, "Who is Lady Gaga?" Or maybe you're shaking your head and tut-tutting to yourself, "What in the world ...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life is Barbara Kingsolver's captivating account of a year spent eating only homegrown and locally raised food. Known best for The Poisonwood Bible, her 1998 novel about Christian missionaries in the Congo, Kingsolver ...

My husband runs a dormitory of 30 high-school boys. Recently two of them lounged on our living room floor, asking questions about our faith. It started with theodicy (If God is good, why do bad things happen?). We covered confession and the difference between ...

A few years ago, a colleague of mine asserted that pride was the original sin shared by everyone. I thought for a moment, and had to admit that I did not resonate with his assessment. Pride assumed that one had more confidence than they should, or that it was ...

A few minutes ago I got the news that my daughter's mother-in-law has stage 4 cancer. I was still staring at the computer screen, trying to digest the information, when a friend forwarded me a report on a Canadian study with this headline: "Female Caregivers Face ...

(10) Her.meneutics' Summer Reading List // Comments: 5
What our regular bloggers are taking to the pool.

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(8) No Right to Rest for Weary Anglicans, by Christine A. Scheller // Comments: 17 Why churches like St. James in Newport Beach still need support from ...

"You can always adopt." "Are you sure you want kids? You can borrow mine this weekend." "I know you're going to have a child. I can just sense it from the Lord."

These are just a few of the comments that many infertile couples hear when they share their pain with ...

Most evangelicals know a bit about horse-and-buggy driving, technology-shunning Amish and conservative Mennonite communities. But unless we've grown up in the Dakotas or on the Canadian prairie, we likely don't know much about their Anabaptist cousins, the Hutterites. ...