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The Audacious Hope of Advent

Content warning: Miscarriage. The defining feature of my life right now is that I am pregnant. Almost every casual conversation starts with either a “Congratulations!”...

Unplanned parenthood

I suspect that most agree with this basic principle, this core assumptions of modern democratic life: pregnancies should be, with rare and rarely charming exceptions, planned.

On begetting a son

Begetting is baked into our nature. It is part of the goodness of the created order: to procreate is to partake in the blessing of God (Gen. 1:28).

Returning the ticket

Because of the suffering of children, Dostoyevsky's Ivan was willing to "return his ticket" to God. "Pregnant at Harvard?" reminded me of his rebellion.

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