October 2007

Santa Clara firefighter Jason Falarski battles to save a house on Sand Hill Road in Poway.
Photo Credit: Wally Skalij/LA Times
This is not the photo I planned to present today. But considering what is happening in the southern half of our state, it did not seem appropriate to feature a beautiful picture of [...]

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With regard to this week’s quote, I am a failure.

I have tried without any success whatsoever, over the course of the past several days, to find one positive thing to write about Ms. Paulsen’s words. But I cannot and, therefore, confess that I am a complete failure.

Every time I look anew at the quote, I have a visceral reaction. The quote literally makes me sick to my stomach and enrages me. It offends me to the core of my being — as a woman, as an educated woman, as a professional woman, and as a feminist devoted to living, working, relating to others, and worshiping in a purely egalitarian fashion. I find myself shaking my head in sheer amazement and asking this question: Why do some Christian women consciously perpetuate and reinforce such harmful, self-loathing stereotypes about what it means to be a woman in 2007?

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It has been a few weeks since I’ve had time to publish this weekly round-up of great articles! After Labor Day, my life, like so many other folks’, becomes extremely busy, leaving me longing for the long days and slower pace of summer. From now until the New Year, the pace is hectic, sometimes frenetic, with blogging relegated to the “when I can” category. I know that many of you can relate.

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Wordless Wednesday

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