Well. Apparently it's National Day of Prayer today. That's apropos of what I was meaning to write about, which is the film Jesus Camp.

If you haven't heard about it, it's a documentary style film about children of Evangelical Christian families, in which we see them being raised Evangelical, going to summer camp to get indoctrinated inspired in ( Read more... )

elfwreck and elorie tipped me off to this article about a man's experience with his wife's abortion. If you haven't, I think you should take a few minutes to read it. It's worth it ( Read more... )

The road I drive to school is lined with apple orchards, and the orchards are now lifting limbs pale with apple blossoms, row on row of them over the green of the grass between. It mirrors my mood; uplifted ( Read more... )

Last several days with the stepchild... which always makes me too busy to keep up on email or journal or anything. She's sweet, and interesting too. Keeps her thoughts to herself a great deal more than one would expect for an eight-yearling. She alternates between startling wisdom and grown-upness, and charming childishness. We were driving out to ( Read more... )