When my friend Katie called me two weeks ago to tell me that she and her husband had to take Angel, their Australian Shepherd, to the vet hospital with a very serious and unknown ailment, I think I was in…
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How to Make a Major Decision (A Christmas Story)
1. Know what you’re looking for. My parents have a tradition. The day after Thanksgiving, they go to a local Christmas tree farm and select a live tree for the family room. For the last two years, I have gotten…
Theology Nerd Alert: The Most Awkward Thanksgiving
So John Piper, Rob Bell, and Francis Chan walk into a house… Here’s the full comic. (Personally, I would have used Joel Osteen as the punchline.) This makes me happier than it probably should. And also sad, because theological divisions are…
Things that Scare Creative Professionals
Two posts in one day? Now that’s scary. But this was too good to pass up. A former employer created this *cough* highly scientific infographic about the things that scare creative professionals. I have to say, it’s pretty true…though I suspect…
Does Marriage Advice Bark Up the Wrong Tree?
Over the last few years I’ve been hearing a fair bit about the role of free will in choosing a spouse, especially for guys. It’s usually along the lines of, “Don’t worry about finding The One, because she doesn’t exist.…
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Posted in religion, singleness
On Empathy
In the process of cleaning off my desk tonight, I came across something I’d written several years ago. Written beneath it was a quote from Donald Norman’s Emotional Design (or possibly The Design of Everyday Things; I’d wrongly attributed it…
Three Brief Points About Accessibility
On Friday, the entire Covenant Eyes User Experience team, two programmers, and I went to the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities to talk through accessibility issues on our website, a growing concern for our team. Over the last few…
Top 10 Riverview Memories
Apparently, my church turns 35 this month, which is older than the average age of attendees, which is 29, which is younger than me. Which is all a tangent. The point is, Noel Heikkinen (one of the pastors) started waxing…
In which I have a horrible idea for a sitcom
In the process of thinking through two other blogposts (Forthcoming! Maybe!) I randomly thought about the two seemingly opposed identities: being a single female, and identifying as a Complementarian. (This, for the record, is functionally where I fall for Biblical…
Posted in religion, shenanigans