Trayvon Martin was an African-American. He was walking home from the 7-11. George Zimmerman thought he posed a threat, and he ended up shooting him dead. Zimmerman claims he shot Martin in self-defense. He was acquitted of both second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. At ...
Interesting articles from the past week:
Church flooded with calls to adopt baby with #downsyndrome who would have been aborted:Â http://abcn.ws/1aimhgO
Find out why #women are key to America's#prosperity #WarrenBuffet ow.ly/mB40F@CNNMoney
 "#LearningToLove Your Sinful Neighbor"ow.ly/mB4TG#LiveLikeChrist ...
My first book on tape was Tom Sawyer. My dad and I listened to it on cassette tape one summer when we drove from North Carolina to Connecticut together. It was a treat, and apparently I paid attention because I still remember the story in detail.
Still, audiobooks were never ...
Earlier this spring, I set my alarm for 6:00 so I could make a cup of tea and sit in our dining room and read and pray and spend some time with God. I began to jot a few prayer requests down in my journal. They began:Â "For help paying attention to Marilee. I worry that she gets ...
Yesterday, I wrote about my concerns with the idea that "reading makes us more human." Today, my friend and colleague Karen Swallow Prior, who wrote a post for the Atlantic (How Reading Makes Us More Human) about this topic, responds to my concerns:
AJ: I resonate with your point ...
I love reading. I've always loved reading. My mom says I taught myself to read, as if language fell out of the sky and into my head in the form of the English alphabet. I devoured books as a kid, priding myself on reading chapter books from beginning to end more than once, challenging ...
We were on vacation last week, so I missed my weekly tweeting post, but I want to recommend the following articles:
"We made sure our son was not born only to suffer" ow.ly/mlewd "My #Abortion, at 23 Weeks" @nytimes #Pregnancy#PrenatalTesting
A woman's refusal to dye her gray hair ...
