Book of Common Prayer: FAQ for non-Anglicans*

April 24, 2013

Welcome to the Book of Common Prayer! We’re so glad you’re here. We know you feel a little self-conscious breaking open a book of liturgy for a church you’ve never actually attended. But don’t worry! We’re here to help. Remember: you’re alone. No one can see you make a fool of yourself except God, and [...]

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I release you

April 22, 2013

Photo Courtesy Ravjot Singh I know this will shock you. Sometimes people disappoint me.   I know, I know, obvious. But if it’s so obvious, why is it so hard to deal with? One of my biggest Achilles heels is an abundance of high expectations. Not just with myself, but with those around me. And sometimes, [...]

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An Everyday Adventure: The Homeschooling conference/La conferencía de educar en casa

April 19, 2013

I had a chance to attend the first ever homeschooling conference in Buenos Aires a few weeks ago. Guys, I was so stoked to be there. Homeschooling in Argentina is a bit like deciding to raise your children upside down. People blink a lot when you tell them. It’s not illegal, but not really legal [...]

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The beginner takes on: Keeping track of goals

April 17, 2013

So I set goals for myself this year and last, and it has truly transformed my life. But here’s the thing: if you write down six pages of detailed, step-by-step ideas of how to change your life, it’s a little hard to remember everything, especially when you are a person who doesn’t notice when she takes [...]

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Get a black belt

April 15, 2013

As a kid, I imagined a black belt meant that you were a martial-arts expert. So I was surprised to learn later that  it signals a mastery of the fundamentals. The basic vocabulary. At the time, I felt oddly depressed by this bit of information. I was just out of college, and realizing that my years of [...]

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Doing Justice at In a Mirror Dimly

April 12, 2013

…I’d already seen men and women out, pulling carts made for donkeys but powered by people. I’d seen the wagons piled eight feet high with recyclables, a worker breaking into a trot to merge into traffic. Once, I’d seen a family out after dark, the children sitting cross-legged on the sidewalk as their parents plied [...]

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An Everyday Adventure: Colonia, Uruguay

April 12, 2013

We needed to renew our visas. We could stand in line (possibly) all day with two young kids, or we could take an hour-long boat trip to Uruguay. We chose Uruguay. More specifically, Colonia. We’re not sorry.                  

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The Keeper of the Keys

April 10, 2013

My daughter lost one of the keys to our apartment. Thankfully, it was not the key that opens the front door or the back door. Instead, she lost the key to the bathroom. Yes, the bathroom. She liked playing with it when she was bored, moving the thin deadbolt back and forth, a tongue slipping in and [...]

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What to do when parenting isn’t going well

April 10, 2013

Photo courtesy Carol Von Canon We had a week. A week of being stuck inside from rain. A week of fevers, of bad tempers–mine included. A week of cancelling play dates.  A week of homesickness hitting. A week of stir-crazy. A week. I’ll be honest with you: I would rather write a post where everything in [...]

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Notes on drawing again

April 8, 2013

“The easiest practice of reverence I know, [if you can’t go outside, is to] find a pencil and a piece of paper and spend twenty minutes drawing your hand. Be sure you get the freckles right, the number of wrinkles around each knuckle.” Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World “In a way, nobody [...]

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