I have been humbled as I watch the Amish affected by the school shooting last week exercise true forgiveness over the course of this week. Monday the horrific shooting, Thursday and Friday funerals for the five little girls killed, Saturday a funeral for the killer. Even today the other five victim continue to heal, one remaining in grave danger. And …
A Great Legal Flick
Last night while working on a project, I ran across one of my favorite films from college. I hadn’t seen A Few Good Men in years. Now the initial part of Daniel Kaffee’s transformation from a lawyer who runs from the courtroom to one who takes the courtroom by storm in a mere 3 1/2 weeks is not overly realistic. …
This and That Friday
Taking an idea from my friend Crystal, this is a smorgasbord of things that caught my attention today. 1) Did you know there’s been a high level meeting between our government and European governments regarding what information European airlines would have to give to our government on passengers? According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle: “U.S. officials are …
Check it out!
Karen Hossink has a new book out, Confessions of an Irritable Mother. I haven’t read it yet and as a mom who’s never irritable (wait, was that my nose growing), I’m sure I can’t glean anything from it. Her husband is InterVarsity staff up in Michigan and went to college with my husband many moons ago at Purdue. (JK, honey!) …
Libel Law and Blogs
Do the libel laws apply to blogs? As a new blogger and someone who LOVED studying the First Amendment in law school, I think this is an interesting, though largely unanswered, question. Tuesday, a very interesting article by Laura Parker ran in USA Today that was picked up by Yahoo. The article, Courts are asked to crack down on bloggers, …
Generation NeXt Parenting
I am so excited! Today’s mail brought my copy of this great book. I had the privilege of watching this book be birthed chapter by chapter. And let me tell you, the finished product is even better than the word documents. Tricia has opened her heart and shared it with us through this book. And there are tons of quotes …
Dark Hour Blour
A blour (otherwise known as a blog tour) is starting for Ginger Garrett’s latest book Dark Hour. Leave a comment below and you’ll be entered in a drawing for a copy of this book! Here’s an interview with Ginger. 1.) First, tell us a bit about Dark Hour.I was praying about what book to write after Chosen, and accidentally left …
Family Ties
Yesterday I had a post at Writer…Interrupted. Check it out!
What are you worth?
It’s time for one of those law posts, and Eric gave me the perfect tool last night when he handed me a recent issue of the Wall Street Journal. An article (The Mommy Drain: Employers Beef Up Perks to Lure New Mothers Back to Work), in the September 28th issue highlighted programs at top companies to allow greater flexibility for …
Ever just want an answer?
Can you see my hand raised across cyber-space? I’m practically jumping up and down in my chair as I type. All I want is an answer. Do this or do that. Write this way or write that way. Instead, I get the feedback “you’re really good at this. Go for it.” Or even worse, “What do YOU want?” I don’t …