THE UGLY IN “NORMAL” [NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] I’m a student again. When I finished my course work at Wheaton back in 1989, I swore (SWORE!) that I would never enter a classroom again. Imagine my surprise, last month, to find myself preparing for my first [...]
Read On 3 Comments[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Have you ever sat in church listening to that traditional Opening Illustration and wondered how the pastor ever found a story to support an obscure theological point? I think there must be a website somewhere in which Shepherds of the [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Given some of the vitriolic responses I’ve had to previous articles, you’d think my chief New Year’s Resolution for 2012 would be to write on less controversial topics. One reader responded to Holy Hypocrisy by essentially calling me [...]
Hi, friends. I’m taking a brief break from writing for the holidays, but will be back in January with a blog post I already know will be controversial. So I guess this is the respite before the backlash! As we mark this anniversary of Jesus’ birth, may we savor the moments with our loved ones [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] ‘Tis the season to be jolly. No argument there. Except perhaps if you’re a bus driver in downtown Chicago, in which case ‘tis the season to be sarcastic, grumbly and all around snarky. ‘Tis also the season to send [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Have you ever watched “What Not To Wear”? It’s a TLC show in which Stacey London and Clinton Kelly kidnap an unsuspecting fashion-criminal, show her secret footage of the outfits (loose term) she’s worn in the past couple of [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] Thirteen MKs representing 21 countries. A magical guesthouse. The astounding generosity of strangers who covered most of the costs. Three days to reconnect, share life experiences, and gather information that will become articles, videos and other MK resources. Such [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] April, 13 2009. A stuffy old flea market in Müllheim, Germany. I’m wandering around with that mix of anticipation, whimsy and determination that tends to motivate people like me to darken the door of mouse-overrun dirty spaces. In America, [...]
[NOTE: To subscribe, send an email to michelesblog@gmail.com and write "Subscribe" in the subject line.] I used to scrapbook. I’d cover the surface of my dining room table with all the accoutrements of a Memory Maker and go on a cutting-and-pasting binge. The first few hours were usually meticulous. The final few were to scrapbooking [...]