Faith - In plain sight
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Faith — In plain sight
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 wealthy Los Angeles suburb. The friend was on the top floor, where the most elegant…
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Faith — In plain sight
Tangerines as soul food?
All of us have probably had a meal that we remember for very specific reasons. It might have been for a birthday or anniversary, or to celebrate a great achievement. I saw a news item…
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Faith — In plain sight
Making a spiritual splash
There are lots of good reasons to go to church. For you it might be the sermons, the music, the community, the celebration of the sacraments, the participation in something believers have been doing for…
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Faith — In plain sight
A wild lesson in pursuit
“Listen!” one of the men hissed. We had been standing around the campfire in northern Minnesota, toward the end of the two-week Boy Scout camp, doing what Boy Scouts usually do when standing around campfires.…
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Faith — In plain sight
In pursuit of the whole road
There is a village in the Ivory Coast of Africa that has a custom I’d never heard of until we were walking toward it. I was there with a group of students from Point Loma…
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Faith — In plain sight
Fostering love | From foster child to foster parent, a mom redeems her troubled past
Angela Posten was a minor behind bars, a foster teen who found herself in Juvenile Hall after beating up a classmate in retaliation for an earlier confrontation. While Posten admitted to authorities that she injured…
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Faith — In plain sight
Pay attention: Our stories are best told in the details
It’s not difficult to spot Garrison Keillor in a crowd. He’s 6-feet 3-inches tall, his hair is usually a little wild, his glasses are distinctly round, his eyebrows look like owls have built their nests…
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Faith — In plain sight
In Plain Sight… Serving with simple tools
There is never a convenient time for a washing machine to stop working, but this time was particularly inconvenient. I needed some particular clothes for the next day, so my wife and I did what…
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