Margot Starbuck, author of The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father who does not Fail, spoke at our church last night. She brought a banner–about twelve feet high and six wide–constructed of brightly colored and different patterned squares with the words, "I am the ...

I could care less about baseball. (Or is it, I couldn't care less about baseball?) Either way, baseball to me signifies two things: rivalry between my husband (a Yankees fan) and the rest of my immediate family (Red Sox die hards), and late nights in October.

At breakfast this ...

Ellen Hsu has written a narrative of learning that her son, Elijah, had Down syndrome. It is available here.

My comment (also posted on the other blog):

I also have a child with Down syndrome, a daughter, age 3 1/2. And we too were shocked to discover, upon birth, that she had ...

Does it matter how we care for those who have died?
New post on the Park Forum: The Moral Implications of Mourning

This post appeared yesterday on the Park Forum, and the issues it raises are important enough to me that I wanted to repost it in its entirety here, with some additional questions at the end:

The title of the article gives away much of the content: Three Babies Aborted Every ...

New Post on the Park Forum: "Private Love and Public Hope" about the Obama's marriage.