Category Archives: Writing

I’m almost sorry about this one

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

I want the hours back I’ve spent chasing words through the crawlspace under my house, like rodents my cat won’t catch. There is a poetry to dirt under your nails when it comes from the garden, from hours in evening … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Writing | 1 Comment

Fear and fiction

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

The central truth of your life for the time being is that your mother is dead. Likely this will always be among your central truths, though I do hope someday it is displaced at the middle by something warm you share … Continue reading →

Posted in Adoption, Our adoption narrative, Writing | 3 Comments

A word which here means a small, safe place in a troubling world

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Exciting news I have to sit on quietly till next year. A guest post I need to write about my brief time within the New Calvinism. The grand opening of a new business venture my used bookshop is a part of, and the ongoing operation of said … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Marriage, Parenting, The Adventure of Life, Writing | 9 Comments

The Myth of Parental Protection, or Why my daughter will read Dracula

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

I came across an article on Geekmom today that got all my book-loving, free speech hackles up. In the article, Geekmom Suzanne Lezear responds to a recent article by Meghan Cox Gurdon in the Wall Street Journal about a mom who … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Books, Church, Education, Faith, Parenting, Pop Culture, The Bible, Theology, Training Up a Child, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

A Conversation with Andrew Himes

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

In early May I read and reviewed Andrew Himes‘ excellent new book The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family. Andrew is the grandson of John R. Rice, a prominent leader within the Fundamentalist movement until … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Church, Diversity and Race, Faith, Pop Culture, The Bible, Theology, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The End of Sight

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

A year ago a friend of mine and I made plans to make a movie. She’s a film student and we’re both overly optimistic people, so we made concrete plans to start shooting this summer even though that was always … Continue reading →

Posted in Imperfect Prose, The Adventure of Life, Writing | Tagged , | 35 Comments

More on Writing

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

Preachers love talking about preaching, writers love writing about writing, and our cat is just hoping today is the day we all die. I have no idea what that last one has to do with the other two, except to … Continue reading →

Posted in Imperfect Prose, Writing | Tagged | 26 Comments

On Writing: Guest Posting at Shawn Smucker’s Blog

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Today I have the privilege of guest posting over at Shawn Smucker’s site. Shawn has asked me to talk about what writing has meant in my life. This is a topic I can ramble on about endlessly, but I tried to … Continue reading →

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Words like a Child

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

 I’ve been working on some other projects coming up, so today’s Imperfect Prose piece is just some quick thoughts on writing I jotted down months ago. They are incomplete thoughts, but that seems in keeping with the theme of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Imperfect Prose, Writing | Tagged | 19 Comments

Supernova

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Hello, all.  We’ll keep this snappy. Thank you, as always, for reading. This week I am trying something new for Imperfect Prose. Like any good hipster/bohemian/failure at life I’ve been working on a novel for a few years now (haven’t we … Continue reading →

Posted in Imperfect Prose, Writing | Tagged , | 15 Comments