From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Midnight Ear Wax Adventures

January 30, 2010

Warning: the following post contains ear wax. If that makes you squeamish . . . you need to toughen up. “Ben, my left ear stinks.” “What?” “My left ear stinks. I need you to take a look at it.” “How in the world are you smelling your own ear?” “When I poke my finger in [...]

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A Winner and an Update

January 28, 2010

Well, I finally went over your survey responses. Before anything else, I have to say this: I love you all. I really do. You are so kind and generous and make me feel like a real blogger.  My heart got all big and thumpy as I read through your sweet comments. I am so grateful [...]

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A Manifesto for “Pretty Ok Sucks”

January 27, 2010

Editor’s Note: I am delighted to present to you a guest post from Corey Allan of Simple Marriage. Upon reading my “Manifesto for Pretty OK” a few weeks ago, which was in part a response to one of his posts, Corey contacted me and suggested we exchange guest posts to extend the discussion. After getting [...]

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Prayers, God, and Empty Wombs

January 26, 2010

(I had a different post written for today, but after this morning it didn’t seem fitting). I have never had so many people tell me they’re praying for me. Friends, family members, and complete strangers from across the blogosphere have left me comments and sent me emails telling me their prayers were with me and [...]

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Update – and Prizes!

January 22, 2010

Hi folks, I just thought of something that I hope will encourage more people to participate in the survey. (To those of you who already have: thanks!) Every person who fills out a survey gets a chance to win one of two $5 Starbucks gift cards. It worked last time in encouraging feedback so I’m [...]

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A Facelift and a Survey

January 21, 2010

If you are reading this on my blog site, you may have noticed that my site has been totally radified (Yup, pretty sure I just coined a word. That’s what bloggers do, right?).  If you are reading this from your RSS reader, I recommend you mosey on over here and take a gander. Nice, right? [...]

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The Myth of Compatibility

January 19, 2010

I’m going to let you in on a little secret about myself: I’m a Christian Prayer Cupid. Never heard of that? That’s because I may be the first one in the world. See, I have about a 75% success rate in bringing couples together through prayer. When I pray fervently for long enough about two [...]

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A Manifesto for "Pretty OK"

January 16, 2010

Warning: ranty material ahead. I love Corey from Simple Marriage. You know that. I keep linking to his site and raving about all the wisdom he offers. I adore his blog and feel he has given me so much. But recently he wrote a post entitled A Good Marriage is the Enemy of a Great [...]

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What's in a Name? "Natural Family Planning" versus "Fertility Awareness Method"

January 14, 2010

I explore the differences between NFP and FAM, and finally decide that I’m going to stick with the term Fertility Awareness Method. I explain why.

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What's the Point of Marriage? Part 5: To Meet Basic Human Needs

January 12, 2010

Marriage has all kinds of romantic and spiritual functions. I’ve tried to explore them in my previous four posts. But it also has some practical functions. The practical ones are the ones I’m focusing on today. Ultimately, if nothing else, I believe God invented marriage to take care of some essential human needs. Basically, I [...]

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