This… is NOT… the end! This bride, you and I will rise, come alive like third day morning first breaths of Christ! These words broke open my heart this morning. I felt disconnected today and couldn’t quite get at what I was feeling. My very absence of feelings was telling. I sat down to respond […]
I remember once getting stood up for a coffee blind date. The person felt awful and re-scheduled. But instead of coffee, we went for lunch. I remember thinking that I was upgraded. And the fact that I thought that, made me aware of the hierarchy in dates. Now, I am in no way an […]
This blog tends to focus on the experience of women since, being a woman, that is my frame of reference. However, in the process of writing about modesty I found my heart stirred towards the implied messages that men receive in that conversation. After publishing the post, I had men contact me, expressing how left […]
Is it me or does Jane Austen seem to be blowing up lately? It’s not that she ever really disappeared, but with the 200th anniversary of “Pride and Prejudice”, it seems as though Austen has re-emerged, making a triumphant comeback into the popular world. And I say hurrah! I mean, starting in 2017 she will […]
This is a post from a couple of years ago (although I’ve expanded it for this post). I’m reminded of it as a couple of friends are going on first dates… I have a friend going on a first date this Friday. It’s been fun walking through this process with her, evaluating her date’s comments, […]
Some days I am confronted by the fact that there is not an easy answer. Not surprisingly, this is not welcome news to me. Or to anyone. The reality is though, I live in a world that is overflowing with situations that cannot be explained with an easy answer. My post the other day dealt […]
Fresh tortilla chips at a Mexican restaurant are glorious! I was enjoying a particularly lovely basket with my brother and his girlfriend, when we noticed on the TV screen that the verdict had come in for the George Zimmerman trial. Not guilty. What has emerged in the days since is a cacophony of opinions, and somewhere […]
Lately, I’ve felt as though my writing ideas have begun to dry up. Not only do I feel as though I’m scrambling for topics, I also have experienced a diminished desire to even write. It has been good for me to continue on in the midst of waning interest, to learn the discipline of writing, […]
In the Bible, we’re given glimpses of the grieving rituals in Israel. At times, this included hiring a professional mourner. Yes, that is a person hired to cry, wail, and beat their breast when a person dies (but the real question is, does it have good medical benefits?). Again, this is a culture that values […]
Jerry Seinfeld has just started the second season of his show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. In case you’re curious, the title is not a metaphor. It’s a fun show in which Seinfeld brings on such an interesting range of comedians, from legendary comic voices like Mel Brooks to more current voices such as Sarah Silverman […]
I have this idea, which I’m convinced will completely alter the way we approach dating. The post-date response card “What is this ‘post-date response card’ that you speak of?” you may be asking. I’m glad you asked. Have you ever been on a date which ended with the guy expressing an intention to call […]
I have the joy of living with two single women. Some of my favorite moments with them are when we commiserate about singleness and the woes of dating. The other night one of my roomies shared a profile she’d come across on a dating site. As she read this man’s profile it quickly became clear […]