Evangelical Christians have issued a document called "An Evangelical Manifesto". Well,more accurately, a group of 75 evangelical leaders have done so. Their names can be found here. Some names, like the president of the Southern Baptist Church (who was not invited to comment), however, are notable for their absence. Others have also pointed out the lack of any female or African American names on the list.

Cate was yelling at me. Again.

Every day it’s the same story. I pick Cate up from school and she happily shows me the new trick she can do on the peddle car; the stone she dug up in the sand pit; how many times she can hop the jump rope on one foot. We find Eden and start the ten minute walk home. By minute seven Cate is screaming about something. Anything.

Listening deeply is something we have to learn to do. We can't do it just like that. When the other person is talking he or she is trying to express his or her difficulties and sufferings, and needs us to listen to that. But if we are not capable of listening, then the person who is speaking will not feel any relief in his or her suffering, and will finally give up talking. - Thich Nhat Hanh

"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us."-- Dororthy Day

My initial idea for a topic for today didn't originally have to do with women who chose to not have children. Originally, I was thinking about today's date. Although Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Rememberence Day) is officially on May 2, because it falls on Shabbat, it is being observed today in Israel. Thus I decided that it would be a good time to write about what women are doing to stop genocide around the world now. This is a very important issue to me as the grandchild of Holocaust survivors.

I want to like Eckhart Tolle.

Oprah does. And I like Oprah and admire her spirit.