Former Missouri Senator John C. Danforth wrote an editorial column in today’s New York Times (requires registration) in which he laments the far-right’s takeover of Christianity. He’s right on target, IMO with this statement:
But for us, the only absolute standard of behavior is the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. Repeatedly in the […]

As I state in my 100 Things list, my daughter’s biological father isn’t involved in our lives in any way, shape, or form. Here’s part of that story:
December 31, 2003: New Years Eve 2004
I join my cousin and her bf at a local restaurant/live music venue. Lord knows, we’ve spent years going to […]

I don’t mind memes. Really. They’re fun at times. I appreciate the way that Random Pensees applies them — answers the ones he finds interesting, then says he’ll allow people to self-select whether they answer for themselves. That’s so…healthy.
If you think about it, memes are just more edumacated versions of […]

A couple months ago, I started this as a draft to follow this post. With my new blog location, it’s time to reread it…post it…perhaps edit. For now, I’m just cutting/pasting.
======below was written in late April======
A post by the Angry Professor really got me thinking earlier this evening. So much of the […]

My absolute favorite cleaning tool has eight legs. It cleans the highchair to a sparkly finish. It also picks up the most minute pieces of baby dinner out of the carpet (yes, I’ll still steam-clean later).
Ah, dogs are good.

Came across this quiz via Jesus Outside the Box, a blog I found recently (and am enjoying immensely so far). Yeah, these results sound about right. The only problem I have is that here in Colorado Springs, I’m not having much luck finding anything that might look like a Postmodern Evangelical church. […]