Mr. Lincoln, Can We Borrow Your Vision?

Last Saturday night my husband and I went to see the movie Lincoln. It is really wonderful and inspiring—quite a history lesson. But in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I slept a bit throughout the movie. I simply couldn’t help it. Lincoln’s voice (or should I say Daniel Day Lewis’s voice) was so calming and soft tempered it just put me to sleep. My husband was shocked that I closed my...

Prayers and Thanks to Malala

The world has learned of a young Sacred Feminist in a tragic way. You have probably heard of the Taliban’s attack on fourteen year old Malala Yousafzai and her two friends in Pakistan. Today I “shared” a picture on Facebook. The cartoon read, “What terrifies religious extremists like the Taliban are not American tanks or bombs or bullets. It’s a girl with a book.” Brilliantly...