Tales From Shangri-La

I love this piece. Thinking of all of my friends' moms growing up, and the Navy moms on different bases, and my own delightful friends w...

Cultural Emblems Certain book and movie events, such as the recent movie about an abusive relationship portrayed as a romance, are worth c...

Stumbled across a few good quotes, the kind that help bring perspective in a sentence or two. "In my walks, every man I meet is my su...

(Re-posting) A letter to a gifted prep school friend Dear Friend, You are caught up in a hundred little deaths of your soul these days...

I want to draw your attention to two Christian ministries people in our church are heavily involved in here in North Texas. This is really...

Mid-century (as in non-"courtship") American dating practices can remove heavy pressure and unwholesome emotional intensity in dat...

A report from the Russian Orthodox Church on an international gathering of government officials, clergy, and others: "International For...

The New York Times' Guy Trebay discusses Jimmy Fallon, emoticons, and thank-you notes. I t's hip to write on a little paper squar...

A narrow fellow in the grass  BY  EMILY DICKINSON A narrow fellow in the grass Occasionally rides; You may have met him—did you ...

The Pasture I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water cl...

"Loveliest of Trees" LOVELIEST of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland r...

I think in Astronomy you see both the profound limitations and the amazing creativity and resourcefulness of human beings. I am interested...

Legend says that St. Patrick wrote the words which Cecil Alexander made into an English hymn. Here is part of it: I bind unto myself today...

Interesting post from Justin Taylor quoting some writers on the erosion of religious liberty in America. Interesting to consider: which te...

Caitlyn Flanagan (an uber-upper class working mom) writes a frank (slightly coarse language alert) discussion of feminist history, unintende...

Here is a video y ou may have seen going around, perhaps back during the Gosnell trial. (Warning: graphic clinical descriptions and some tra...

Developing one's identity by consuming "large chunks" of the Bible every day. "But his delight is in the law of the Lor...

In this article, children conceived in rape and incest speak about the value of their lives and the injustice of abortion laws towards other...

My son has asked to get on facebook to connect with his friends. I used to be on facebook for several years, and my husband still has a page...

First portion of the video, with tall round ball of the purple Pearl Tower, are of Pudong (Poo-dong). Pudong is on one side of the Huangpu R...