Writing for NICU Awareness Month
A former preemie reflects on her experiences as a mother of two preemies, and shares her experience writing a viral article about the NICU.
The stories that stick with us
What do the stories that most deeply inform our lives tell us about religion and how we approach the sacred? What if these don’t line up with formal religion?
Giving Up Running Away For Lent
Two years ago, I gave up trying out church for Lent. That was the last time I’d tried out a church that wasn’t in the very progressive Unitarian Universalist movement. Once again, I’d made it through Advent with a sense that I’d been raised Christian in a majority-Christian culture, and that for better or for […]
When a religious journey takes an unexpected turn
One of my go-to writing haunts on the web is the Interfaith Family Network, where I blog semi-regularly about interfaith (Jewish-Christian) marriage and parenting. I’ve found the space a non-threatening way to do what doesn’t come naturally to me: share my evolving thinking about a topic while my thoughts on it are in-process. Because the organization/website/blog […]
Meditation for a March
This weekend, I’ll be attending the Women’s March on Washington. Admist the preparation and the conversation and the planning that has ensued, I’ve, of course, been thinking about #whyImarch. Thinking about the number of sister marches around the country, and even the world: 616 and counting as of this writing, with over 1.3 million people […]
