“That picture is pretty because mama is in it.” – Darcy Darcy is right. But Meg just rolls her eyes. What does Meg see? It is not the same thing Darcy sees. Or take last week’s blog. I mentioned Phoebe is afraid of zombies, so I must go with her downstairs. She trusts my zombie […]
Read more "Eyes"“Children experience these broad social trends mainly as the absence of committed, trustworthy adults in their lives.” The effects of inequality on America’s Kids, Michael Gerson Phoebe has learned about zombies. I can not convince her the monsters are not real. So I need to go with her places, like the bathroom or downstairs. She may not trust […]
Read more "Inequality, Monsters, and Resurrection"The destructive power of nature is hard to imagine. Everything you built. Stored up over the years. Planned to pass down. To have all that leveled in a moment. Not just possessions, but lives – family and friends – gone. Haiti experienced this beyond anything I had seen. Imagine the same experience in the States. […]
Read more "Return"“We are on target to serve the last dessert on Feb. 27, 2054,” Harry Balzer, research firm NPD (USAToday). Dessert with dinner is in decline. Today, only 12% of dinners at home include dessert. Down from 15% ten years ago. 24% in 1986. The above quote is a tongue in cheek response, but if the trend […]
Read more "Eat Your Cake"I was on the way to a church member’s house to deliver a copy of our Lent devotional, when my phone’s battery died. I have been to their house before, but it did not matter. Without Google Gal leading the way, I was lost. So I found myself in a Taco Bueno. “Do you have an outlet […]
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