Author: Renee in Ohio

Some thoughts on courage

At the end of the work day, I do a brief scan of blog headlines to try to get up to speed on the happenings out there in the wide, wide world (channeling Poky Little Puppy). This evening, a predominant theme is that the...

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Children of a Lesser Blog

Hat tip to durrati, over in the My Left Wing version, for finding this picture for me The title of this post is based on a comment by Madscientist in Maryscott O’Connor’s essay A Lesser Blogger: Or, You Don’t...

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On Heaven and Hell

Since learning of Jerry Falwell’s death earlier today, I’ve been thinking about heaven and hell. Maybe that doesn’t surprise you. But, to clear up any misconceptions people might have–given that I am...

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This is the part where we "Do justice"

Many progressive people of faith cite Micah 6:8 as one of their favorite verses of scripture: And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. This is the part where we do...

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Scott’s sues eco-friendly startup

Demetrius told me about this story a few weeks ago, but I never got around to reading the whole thing for myself. On break today, I saw a story in the Business section of the Columbus Dispatch: Scotts’ turf war Miracle-Gro...

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