I usually check Grace Bonney’s blog Design*Sponge every morning. The blog is beautiful fun and filled with great “Sneak Peeks” of beautiful homes, easy Do It Yourself projects, photos of furniture and rooms in their “before and after states.” It is really a lovely site, and …
A family friend posted one of these posters on Facebook this morning and it piqued my interest. I did a quick search and found that they came from a student group at Ohio University. STARS (Students Teaching Against Racism) I picked up the pictures from …
One of the books that got me thinking about the theology of food this year is Take This Bread by Sara Miles. Miles has a background as a journalist and a restaurant cook. She wandered into church one Sunday, participated in communion, tasted Jesus in her mouth …
The Post A Week Photo Challenge continues, this week our theme is “opportunity.” I loved Halloween as a kid. My mom was a supervisor at a fabric store when we were growing up and would sew our costumes at the end of the summer in …
Last week I wrote about Adam and Eve being naked before the Lord and each other and feeling no shame, so I was intrigued when the Sojourners blog posted this article, “Naked Before the Lord.” It wasn’t quite . . . Let’s just say …
Note – On Friday THE NOBEL PRIZE COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THAT ONE OF THIS YEAR’S WINNERS FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IS PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF OF LIBERIA. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF SPEAK IN 2008 IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE …
Yesterday, the Nobel committee announced that one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize for Peace this year is President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. In 2008 I had a chance to hear President Sirleaf Johnson speak in Minneapolis. Her visit coincided with Holy Week. …
The Nobel Prize Committee awarded the Peace prize this year to three women, including Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. I had a chance to hear President Johnson Sirleaf speak in 2008. It was a truly powerful experience, so I am re-posting what I wrote …
On a semi-related note to the Elmo hunger special, “Mother Jones” magazine has compiled the best of the twitter hashtag #occupysesamestreet.
Sesame Street is doing a Special this weekend on childhood hunger. This is so dear to me, many of the kids I work with aren’t sure where their next meal will come from. One reason that going to camp is so much fun is that …