Lady of Longbourn
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Self-Determination at What Expense?

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You wake up in the passenger seat of a car. The driver has abducted you. You’re in pain, and disoriented. After a moment, you realize you a...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Bramble Bake

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I can hardly believe I'm writing this, because I am generally very conservative (literally) about words.  I try not to change them.  In ...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Parents and the Barren and Expectations

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When people say "before I was a parent, I expected _____ about raising kids, but now..." What it kind of sounds like to me is ...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

How Jesus Sounds

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I have never realized it before, and perhaps that’s a ridiculous fact, since I’ve read the gospels over and over, heard Sunday school stori...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

In Defense of Like-Mindedness on Social Media

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There is a popular idea coming out of our analysis of the new thing that is social media: that social media’s tendency to make echo chamber...
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Sunday, November 11, 2018

Winter is for...

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“Winter is about Innovation.”  So said a slogan I saw at work recently.  It sounds sloganish. The company was selling new winter sports g...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Love Begotten

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Love.   On the surface you think it makes sense.  You love someone because you click, or because it’s convenient, or because they love yo...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Between What a Thing Is and What Makes It Good

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It’s happened before.  I hear about a friend whose marriage is rough.  I understand the swirling strain the mind goes through, trying to so...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Consent Is Not Enough

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I was with my friend the other day, watching her two young sons play.  On this particular summer day, the six year old was standing on the ...
Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Modesty Revolutions

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I have had two modesty revolutions in my life.  My parents raised me with rules for modest dress that were moderately conservative in the f...
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Lisa of Longbourn
A forty-something homeschool graduate who once promised her mother she didn't need to learn grammar because she'd never be an author is hopelessly a writer at heart. I'm a Christian who loves to ask thoughtful questions, and who finds thought-provoking material in unlikely sources. A lady in waiting, I'm the oldest of six children still living at home, pursuing the efficient acquisition of knowledge through books and practice.
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