Faith — In plain sight
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Beware your message on the run
Coming back from a run one morning this summer, I did what I usually do, and walked the last couple…
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Married to selflessness
August is the month of my wedding anniversary, and I was reminded recently of one of the conflicts we had…
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When vocation chooses you
In the novel “Lying Awake” by Mark Salzman, the main character, a nun, becomes confused in her spiritual calling at…
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Feasting on fellowship
When my grandmother reached her 90s, she lived in an assisted-living center outside of Chicago. In those latter years, she…
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A single red balloon
Picture this: Southern Ohio in the late summer, no air conditioning, sweltering heat, no breeze, and a 2-year-old with half…
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Living Bethlehem
My friend Don told me about a time during the Christmas season several years ago when he and his wife…
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Grace at work — even in tragedy
When the National Desk of The New York Times called me several years ago and asked if I could hurry…
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Feasting on humble pie
Imagine if this had happened to you. It happened in a restaurant in Germany. The restaurant had high tables where…
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The high calling of selling dresses
A writer I know tells this story of a friend of his who was in a Nordstrom store in a…
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Tangerines as soul food?
All of us have probably had a meal that we remember for very specific reasons. It might have been for…