Posted in Living on June 2, 2008 | 18 Comments »
For most of our married life, we’ve lived without cable television, one of those ubiquitous amenities that, for many people, has taken on the character of necessity. Some people don’t know how we make it. We get asked from time to time how we go on living.
For us, the cost has been the main [...]
Posted in Culture, Living on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Family Life, Living on May 19, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Everywhere in America, people feel the pain of living in a culture moving away from marriage as the primary structure of sexual relationships and the foundation of the family. Permissive sexual attitudes and the behavior that follows them along with easy divorce clog our hearts with resentments.
Many people whose families of origin fell apart seek [...]
Posted in Living, Religion on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Attend church very long, and it’ll be easy to find you dislike people there. The reason is obvious. The people we attend church with are people–flawed, broken, sinful people. Every church, even the most homogeneous, is full of people with different understandings, convictions, and personalities. It’s natural for conflicts to arise. What matters is how [...]
Posted in Living on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
In America, we rarely stop to evaluate how technology affects the quality of our lives. We assume that whatever technology is most common must also be best suited to our needs and, therefore, helpful in fulfilling our daily duties.
The pervasiveness of this idea became clear to me when we decided we needed a new lawnmower. [...]
Posted in Living on June 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
A while back, I wrote a post about how few people entertain in their homes.
It sparked lots of reader feedback and yesterday I received a comment in that thread from Liz. She’s asking for advice.
She writes:
I am a teenage girl who is trying to re-kindle the lost flame for
home-making. I was wondering, could you and [...]
Posted in Living on April 2, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Note: A reader who calls herself Young Christian Woman responded the other day to my answer to a question she submitted. There is so much to unpack, so much to respond to in those few paragraphs. YCW raises some important issues and I thought any further discussion warranted its own post.
I’m submitting my response [...]
Posted in Living on March 28, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Note: This is the second in a series of posts where I offer my thoughts on questions proposed by readers. I’ll be answering one question each Wednesday so long as they come in. To submit a question, send an email to deansblog at yahoo.com.
A reader asked:
“How do I stop being so lazy and actually [...]
Posted in Living on March 21, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Note: This is the first in a series of posts where I offer my thoughts on questions proposed by readers. I’ll be answering one question each Wednesday so long as they come in. To submit a question, send an email to deansblog at yahoo.com.
A reader who asked to remain anonymous wrote:
“My husband and I [...]
