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Archives for January 2009

Jesus and the Radical Fam

January 30, 2009 by Caryn

Caryn: So this is my attempt to see if we can’t keep the Cult of the Family discussion going—in a fresher, more encouraging and positive way. I am almost loathe to do it, because frankly I’m EXHAUSTED by some of the comments at the original COTF, but it’s such an important topic, I think maybe we […]

Filed Under: Mommy Revolution

A Revolutionary Experiment

January 26, 2009 by Caryn

Caryn: So this weekend I did a bit of Revolution experimenting. The retreat my husband and I attended—on the shores of the amazingly beautiful frozen, snow-covered, and ice-jagged Lake Michigan–was the same one (or, I mean, the same people, place, and sort of thing) we attended two years ago when my good old mama identity crisis […]

Filed Under: Mommy Revolution

The Cult of the Family

January 23, 2009 by Carla

Carla: Today has been a better day. No one has locked themselves out of any houses and all children are in cooperative moods. 
Before I launch into today’s post, I want to point out that my dear friend Tony has gotten wind of our conversation about motherhood as a calling. Pop in to his Beliefnet.com blog, The […]

Filed Under: Mommy Revolution

And the Winner Is…..

January 22, 2009 by Carla

Tina!! In a completely random process, Tina was selected as the winner of Keri Wyatt Kent’s latest book, Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity. Congratulations Tina! We hope your gift leads to many peaceful moments in the coming days.
Carla: I will be posting a something wonderful and controversial in a little while. But my morning plans […]

Filed Under: Mommy Revolution

Revolutionary Reads: “Rest”

January 21, 2009 by Caryn

**Freebie Alert!**
A month of so ago, author Keri Wyatt Kent asked Carla and I if we’d be interested in reviewing her newest book, Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity
Since Keri’s a friend of the blog and a Revolutionary Mom herself, we said sure. While we’ve never tackled this sort of thing here before, we thought we’d give it a […]

Filed Under: book review, Books, Craziness, Life, Mommy Revolution, Politics, rest, simplicity

How to Be Friends

January 19, 2009 by Caryn

Caryn: With the terrific conversations going on below about motherhood as calling and the Manifesto, this is going to seem kind of out there, but I wanted to throw something on to the Mommy Revolution radar that’s been twirling around my personal radar for a little bit now. Ever since I reconnected—via Facebook, of course–with a friend from […]

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