Kids often fight over things which were gifts from their parents.
Suppose I slice a cake into several (unequal) pieces, and distribute them to my children. Now, this is cake mind you, not bread, not water. It is a pure bonus. Dessert. So I dole out the cake. It is quite likely that an argument will [...]
Our church was visited by a pastor who works with International Justice Mission (IJM) this morning. He spoke of their efforts to rescue oppressed people out of slavery and forced prostitution around the world.
To me, these are the least of these. They ought to be absolute top of the church’s list of people we [...]
Sunday afternoon my wife and I went to friends’ house to play Catan (after some Moe’s) and our kids were playing make-believe “Roman Soldier” in the other room.
Monday morning my friend sent an e-mail with pdf of a note my daughter wrote while playing this game. The transcript (b/c I’m cumputr iletrite and cain’t paist [...]
Sam is one of my favorite pagans. He reports on what ought to be concerning more and more churches, and hopefully motivating them to change their approach with their kids.
Vegan Stewart alerted me to the fact that virginity pledges don’t work. I’m just as shocked as you are. Here’s the important paragraph:
Rosenbaum matched students who [...]
I read a lot…. of blogs. It is true that blogging really cuts into reading of actual books, something which I really need to develop the discipline to overcome.
The rest of the Juris family, on the other hand, has been reading up a storm:
Mrs. Juris:
1. Persepolis: Iranian liberal manga. Really good.
2. German Boy: I was [...]
Newmark’s Door has a post referring to the public discussion of demographics recently highlighted in Reason, the New York Times, and the Boston Globe. The point is made that American mothers might find re-entry into the workforce easier than European women, and this may contribute to the higer fertility rate in America.
To which I comment:
The [...]
I was watching Disney’s animated Cinderella with my daughters Christmas afternoon. Apart from the problems inherent to any fairy-tale, especially those involving a privileged royal class, I began wondering about the relevance of income inequality in this story. Cinderella lives in a large mansion with her evil stepmother and her two wicked stepsisters. She [...]
GetReligion points us to this Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune article:
When Shawn Fraser’s discipline failed to rein in his 12-year-old son, he turned to his religion, taking a wooden paddle to Gerard’s upper thighs and posting Bible verses on the refrigerator, Fraser’s lawyer told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.
And then asks what discipline is, [...]