by Dorothy Greco | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Book review, Englewood Review of Books
According to author Karen Swallow Prior, “Hannah More might just be the most influential reformer you’ve never heard of.” But thanks to Prior’s 2014 biography titled Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More: Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist, that’s about...
by Dorothy Greco | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Start Marriage Right
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, boastful, proud, rude, or irritable. I’m curious—does anyone actually loves like this because I don’t. The notion of being loved by someone who never gives up on us, never loses faith in us, always exudes hope and stands...
by Dorothy Greco | Jan 9, 2015 | At the Intersection of Faith & Culture, Blog, Christianity Today, Marriage & Family
My nephew Cory just spent the week with us. For sixteen hours a day, he neither paused nor stopped. He played board games and ping pong, threw himself on the trampoline, chatted endlessly, and on the final day, learned how to dive. In between slipping into the pool...
by Dorothy Greco | Jan 7, 2015 | Blog, Marriage & Family, Today's Christian Woman
Our son was recently on a regional athletic team. During lunch after one of the away games, parents shared stories about their sons’ showering habits, which apparently included waterproof cases for their handheld devices and excessively long stretches spent behind...
by Dorothy Greco | Dec 23, 2014 | Marriage & Family, Start Marriage Right
During church several weeks ago, I sat behind a husband and wife who never looked at each other during the entire ninety minute service. They seemed to be straining to prevent their bodies from touching. While I certainly can’t claim to understand what was going on...
by Dorothy Greco | Dec 12, 2014 | Gifted for Leadership, Leadership, Spirituality
Six years ago we moved from the inner city to a three-acre plot with multiple fruit trees. I never realized how much work these trees require, naively assuming they produced their bountiful harvests year after year, sans intervention. I had much to learn. Fruit...
