Articles by Lauren Kosa
I just divorced and was dreading Christmas. Then I remembered the broken families in the Bible.
As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas — the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards. Christmas seemed all about perfect families and frameable moments, and this year I didn't want any part of it. I grew up in a conservative, middle-class suburb, where in my mind family meant two parents, at least a couple of kids, and where divorce was rare.
OPINION: God incarnate embraces us, brokenness and all
By Lauren Kosa | For The Washington Post Tuesday Dec 25, 2018 at 2:01 AM My own feelings of brokenness weren't as isolated as I'd believed. So many people I know are also struggling with conceptions of how we thought our lives and families were supposed to look compared to how they are. As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas - the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards.
OPINION: God incarnate embraces us, brokenness and all
By Lauren Kosa | For The Washington Post Tuesday Dec 25, 2018 at 2:01 AM My own feelings of brokenness weren't as isolated as I'd believed. So many people I know are also struggling with conceptions of how we thought our lives and families were supposed to look compared to how they are. As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas - the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards.
Opinion: She dreaded Christmas until she remembered the broken families in the Bible
As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas - the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards. Christmas seemed all about perfect families and frameable moments, and this year I didn't want any part of it. I grew up in a conservative, middle-class suburb, where in my mind family meant two parents, at least a couple of kids, and where divorce was rare.
I dreaded Christmas until I remembered broken families in the Bible
By Lauren Kosa Special To The Washington Post As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas -- the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards. Christmas seemed all about perfect families and frameable moments, and this year I didn't want any part of it.
Opinion: A broken world warmed by Christmastime
As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas - the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards. Christmas seemed all about perfect families and frameable moments, and this year I didn't want any part of it. I grew up in a conservative, middle-class suburb, where in my mind family meant two parents, at least a couple of kids, and where divorce was rare.
Opinion: A broken world warmed by Christmastime
As a cradle Catholic, I never thought I'd get a divorce, but I ended up with one earlier this year. Since we came to the decision, I've been dreading Christmas - the decorations, the Santa visits, the holiday cards. Christmas seemed all about perfect families and frameable moments, and this year I didn't want any part of it. I grew up in a conservative, middle-class suburb, where in my mind family meant two parents, at least a couple of kids, and where divorce was rare.
Last Word | Unchosen Hardships
It was just after breakfast on Good Friday when I began eyeing the frosted bunny cookie on the kitchen counter. I could swear its googly eyes were peering back at me. “Come on, just a bite,” I could almost hear it say. For all the talk of Catholic guilt, American Catholics get off relatively easy when it comes to fasting. Growing up, I always admired my Jewish friends who fasted on Yom Kippur and Muslim friends who fasted during the whole month of Ramadan.
Will America’s Bureaucrats Blow the Whistle on Donald Trump?
When I was working in the Senate, we often helped government whistleblowers who had spoken out about misconduct at their federal agencies. I remember a man who had flagged the misuse of funds at his agency and was subsequently moved from his large office to a small cubicle, where he earned a paycheck but did virtually nothing all day. His agency didn't call it retaliation, but that wasn't how we saw it. He wanted his job back, but more, he wanted to serve his country.
For more effective diplomacy, fix the bureaucracy
The Clinton campaign is preparing a short list of Secretaries of State, and Vice President Biden reportedly tops the list. As Biden reportedly advised Sen. Tim Kaine Tim KaineKaine pushes back on talk of Clinton impeachment The Hill's 12:30 Report For more effective diplomacy, fix the bureaucracy MORE, “Understand the bureaucracy is gigantic. As well as you think you know it, take control of it, grab it by the throat.” I can think of no better advice for the next Secretary of State to bear in mind.
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