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Last night, when it became clear that the New England Patriots were going to lose in an ugly way to the Denver Broncos, I turned the TV off and picked up a book. (The Pats roared back in overtime to win the game, leading me to wonder if ignoring them might be the key to […]
Read MoreThis interesting question came from Jordan Seng’s blog this morning. He is a pastor in Hawaii many of us know and appreciate from his time here in Boston. (His book, Miracle Work, is like a behind-the-scenes explanation of the theological underpinnings of the faith life I found when I first came to church here in […]
Read MoreSo yesterday didn’t end up being the exciting day of healed-from-the-cold accomplishment I’d hoped for. Instead it had more of a yikes-I-might-have-the-flu vibe, and I went from being a couch potato to a mashed potato. The upside is that, having watched every episode of Top Chef and Project Runway All Stars I could find, I […]
Read More(Note on the genesis of this post: I was working on a guest blog for another site about going after goals that feel out of reach. The post below seemed like a bit much to unleash on an unknown audience, but I want to remember thinking about this, and I don’t think I’m the only […]
Read MoreI went to a big conference this past weekend with a friend. Three things were awesome, and one was funny. Awesome thing #1: The morning keynote speaker. Back when He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not first came out, Shaunti Feldhahn was one of the few Christian authors willing to blurb a memoir by someone […]
Read MoreHave you guys seen Duck Dynasty? I haven’t, but I’ve heard about the show three different times in the past week. And when there’s overlap between what my Christian women’s retreat friends, my Boston business friends, and Men’s Journal are talking about, something INTERESTING is going on. The funniest thing I saw about the show […]
Read MoreLast night I met Amy Gutman! I love her blog posts, but she’s even better in person – smart, funny, thought provoking. It’s been awhile since I’ve laughed that hard, or thought about HOW VERY MANY of us former lawyers are out here making our different ways in the world. Toward the end of our […]
Read MoreI woke up this morning with a Bible passage in my head. This sounds like a much holier experience than it was, so I should also say that it was mixed in with assorted lyrics from a Cassidee Pope song. I did a keyword search on Biblegateway to try to sort the mess out and […]
Read MoreAs you’ve probably guessed, I scan the interwebs before I blog in the morning, looking for something to catch my attention and intrigue me enough to post about. I didn’t sleep well last night so I was going to just skip it today. But then I read this post from my friend Mary Elizabeth about […]
Read MoreA friend posted a link to a blog post this morning by a woman wrestling with the possibility that she and her husband may never have children. My heart hurt as I read it because I’ve been there, and I sort of wished I could hug her… except that I’ve been on the receiving end […]
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Trish Ryan 