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The Sunday Sports Dilemma


Jun 12 2013
The practice young athletes really need? Worship.

The Sunday Sports Dilemma
Stuart Seeger / Flickr

A few weeks ago, our son's baseball team played its last inning, and his coach walked to the bleachers. He wanted to nominate our son for the all-star team. It's a thrill for any boy who loves the game like ours does: a chance for a summer's worth of at-bats, ...

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The Awkward-but-Important HPV Vaccine Conversation


Jun 11 2013
Why I changed my mind about vaccinating my kids—boys and girls.

The Awkward-but-Important HPV Vaccine Conversation
Jan Christian / Flickr

Editor's note: A national study published this month credited the HPV vaccine with significantly dropping the infection rate among U.S. teens. "Infection with the viral strains that cause cancer dropped to 3.6 percent among girls ages 14 to 19 in 2010, from 7.2 percent ...

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Confessions of That Mom, the One on Her Phone


Jun 7 2013
A work-from-home parent during summer vacation.

Confessions of That Mom, the One on Her Phone
Brian Gurrola / Flickr

Just to prepare you: This summer, I will be that mom, the one looking at her phone as her kids run through the neighborhood, swim in the pool, climb at the park, hit balls, shuffle off to Buffalo, lie in the sand, and rumble along on train rides.

I will check e-mail, respond ...

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Grace for the Not-Quite-Happy Homemaker


Jun 5 2013
Gloria Furman’s call to find joy at home, through the gospel.

Grace for the Not-Quite-Happy Homemaker
Brian Henry Thompson / Flickr

For many wives and mothers, the to-do lists never end. Their days get fuller and busier, but deep in their hearts, they still somehow feel bored and ordinary. They're doing enough things to leave them exhausted each night, but are they doing big enough things for Jesus? ...

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Dear God, Let Me Be 'Skinny' Pregnant


Jun 3 2013
How fat-shaming Kim Kardashian hurts us all.

Dear God, Let Me Be 'Skinny' Pregnant
Rusty Clark / Flickr

Stand in any grocery checkout lane, you'll see one face—or rather, body—plastered across nearly every magazine: Kim Kardashian. Whether you love her, hate her, or couldn't care less, the media commentary and "fat-shaming" over her pregnant shape ...

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News Flash: Not Everyone With Down Syndrome Is Suffering


May 28 2013
Setting the record straight on special needs and disability.

News Flash: Not Everyone With Down Syndrome Is Suffering
Brad Guice

I took two of my children to the mall a few weeks back. After stocking up on sneakers and sandals, we stood in line to ride the carousel. I paid $2 each for their tickets, then the lady at the cash register peered over the counter at my daughter Penny. "Is she a special ...

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Suburbia Needs Jesus, Too


May 21 2013
A woman's take on the New Radicals.

Suburbia Needs Jesus, Too
Nate Grigg / Flickr

In college, my philosophy professor used to talk with affection about how his wife "schooled" him when they were first married. After hearing a Christian speaker on campus, he came home inspired and shared with his wife the speaker's message: that life was all ...

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The Double Shock of Unexpected Pregnancy


May 15 2013
How faith meets this scary, stressful, but ultimately divine surprise.

The Double Shock of Unexpected Pregnancy
love_K_photos / Flickr

"Nightmare."

"We're pissed."

"Like cancer patients with only months to live."

What catastrophic life event, we might ask, could provoke language of such profound hostility and dread?

Pregnancy. Twins!

A Babble blogger, writing under ...

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Prom's Biggest Drama Queens? The Adults


May 14 2013
Striving for moderation on high school's biggest night.

Prom's Biggest Drama Queens? The Adults
Nic McPhee / Flickr

Along with prom comes angst, materialism, and drama. As much as we tend to associate those issues with teens attending the big dance, the grown-ups end up just as guilty. As they take pet prom issues far too seriously, parents and teachers indulge in plenty of excesses of ...

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Are Women Really Saved through Childbearing?


May 10 2013
Mother's Day, infertility, and redemption.

Are Women Really Saved through Childbearing?
hugrakka / Flickr

During a panel discussion at my Christian college years ago, one scholar explained that bearing children is God's plan for womanhood, referencing 1 Timothy 2:15—"Women will be saved through childbearing." A graduate student stood up and addressed him tearfully, ...

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