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Yes, Virginia, ticks do explode. I learned this one from experience.Mandy spotted one on our couch one night and slapped a pillow over it and started yelling for someone to come and get it. So I came and got it pinched…
We rent three cabins while we're in Minnesota: one for the boys, one for the quiet girls, and one for the noisy girls. I'm always in "the noisy cabin," which for some reason this year felt more like the Island of Misfit…
As the official secretary of Hope for the First Nations, it is my job every year to keep the quote book during our Minnesota trip. And so here is the remainder of this year's quotes...Wenthe: "I asked Joel for a favor l…
The second week we were in Minnesota was Vacation Bible School, as usual. What I liked about VBS this year was that we didn't come in and force white church and white Jesus on the kids. There's no way Jesus was white, …
The highlight of this summer's trip to Minnesota for me, and the first week we were there, was Teen Camp. Every morning Phil Boltz, Washley, and I would make our rounds in the white, fifteen-passenger van, picking up al…
Every year we roll up on the rez the week after the big White Earth powwow. Every year the kids beg us to come up earlier next time and see them dance. This year, since we were in Minnesota for two weeks instead of one…
You know I'm just getting back from two weeks of leading Vacation Bible School in Minnesota when my arms are slightly tanned and lined with day-glo bracelets saying "God made me special" and "P.U.S.H."Kara Wenthe and I p…
Speaking of my natural haircolor...while I'm sitting around punching redial on the phone and trying to figure out whether or not I need to report for jury duty this afternoon, I thought I'd take a crack at this digital c…
I just got home from Minnesota. I'm tired. I'm sad. I have to report for jury duty at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning. But my church in New York was in Rolling Stone while I was gone!!! I'm not sure how incredi…
I am a very adventurous little reporter. For the July-August issue of Abe Magazine, which will go to press while I'm in Minnesota for the next two weeks, I've played Virtual Corn Hole, attended my first powwow, biked se…
Yesterday was one adventure after another. It was a lot of fun, but I was half-convinced it must be the Apocalypse. When Jesus showed up I was going to tell Him, "That was a good ending!" I guess I should have known it …
I haven't ridden my bike in at least five years. It's not even my bike. It's my mom's old bike. She bought herself a new one and bequeathed this one to me. I remember when she got it, too, because it was the same day…
Although CBD touts Emily Ever After as Christian fiction, Barnes and Noble considers it just plain fiction. No, not even plain fiction. I believe the correct term would be chick lit. In the space of maybe a month, I, …
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY!!! Mainly because seasons two and three of Newlyweds come out on DVD today. Also because the book Emily Ever After comes out today. So you know what I'll be up to tonight Yesterday I ran out on an …
I left my house today around 11 and was home a little after 12. That's 11 a.m., and then 12 a.m. That's a long day! I spent a good chunk of the morning driving through cornfields listening to country music on my way…
The country music obsession arose about the same time as the Corn Hole obsession. Actually, to be accurate, the country music obsession arose directly out of the Corn Hole obsession. Corn Hole is an extremely ill-named…
Your Irish Name Is... Eimear Butler What's your Irish Name? Annie and I were laughing hysterically about this. Imagine if my name really was Eimear Butler, and we went to introduce ourselves to someone els…
I always read and hear people say that when we sin we build a wall between ourselves and God. Maybe we do it on purpose because we know we're sinning and we're enjoying this particular sin and we don't want God to be a …
I'm watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind right now. I had this random urge to watch it last night, so I rented it today. I almost bought it, actually. It has some happy memories attached Hon was working at…