I'm hoping to write more about this later today, but the grocery store calls. So for the moment, I'll just quote myself from a recent post on 843 Acres. Check back in this afternoon for further reflections. If, that is, my kids nap simultaneously this afternoon:

Embedded in Daniel ...

I have a new post on The Park Forum: "Pat Robertson Said What?"

Years ago, I was on a weekend retreat with a group of high school students. The speaker was trying to explain the concept of original sin. He used his toddler daughter as an example, saying something along the lines of, "We're selfish from the moment we emerge from the womb!" ...

And if so, what did you think?

I'm particularly curious for two reasons.

One, Peter and I make it to a movie in the theater on average once a year. Literally. Last movie we saw in a theater was Slumdog Millionaire. We saw Avatar last week. Now, again, I never go to the movies. ...

For good reason, the devastation in Haiti is all over the news, and in our hearts and minds and prayers as well. I'm hoping to write more about it, but for now, here is a piece I posted to the Park Forum yesterday: "There is no explanation for why my daughter is going to die..." ...

I'm part of a local network of parents of kids with Down syndrome, and we had a doctor from the Trisomy 21 Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia come to speak to us last night. She answered questions about potty training and aggressive behavior and communication ...

My new friend Ellen Dollar is looking for people to interview for her new book about faith and reproductive choices. Here's what she has to say about it:

My forthcoming book, No Best Choice: A Christian Perspective on Disability, Genetics and Parenthood in the Age of Advanced ...

New Post on the Park Forum: Religion and Women: Nicholas Kristof is Wrong...

We went to the grocery store after church yesterday. We were out of milk. And bacon. And bananas. And a whole long list of items. And while we were at it, I remembered the list of things I had been meaning to buy at Target. So we divided and conquered and came home an hour later, ...

Lisa Belkin wrote about Down syndrome yesterday on her blog for the New York Times: "Should Down Syndrome Be Cured?" I submitted this comment:The language used from the title of this post through many of the comments implies that Down syndrome is a disease, a sickness that ...

New post on the Park Forum: Desegregating the Sunday School Hour

We traveled as a family to New Orleans over the holidays. For the first time, Penny asked us, "Where's Grand Penny?"

She knows that Grand Penny, her namesake, her grandmother, is from New Orleans. So why didn't we see her when we were there? We tried to explain. "Grand Penny ...

Ten years ago, my dad called to talk to my husband. "I hear you're working too hard," Dad said.

"I don't have a choice," Peter replied.

"You always have a choice," Dad said.

And a few months later, Peter chose to leave his job as an analyst in an investment bank and work for a ...

For those of you who live in the tri-state area, I wanted to let you know I will be preaching at 8:00 and 10:00 am this Sunday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in New Providence, NJ. I will also be speaking and reading from Penelope Ayers at the Adult Forum at 11:15 that same ...

Christmas Eve, 11 pm. It was the first time since we've had children that my husband and I attended "midnight mass," and I had forgotten how long it took. At home, we attend a non-denominational church, but we had decided to go for the "smells and bells" of the Episcopal liturgy ...