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The miracle of an eclipse... and everything else God made
It's Earth Day week. Of course I'm going to talk about nature.
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The Slippery Slope Where Honesty Goes To Die
This past weekend, a family conversation about Amazon Prime unearthed the fact that because of his email extension, my husband could actually get a…
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Better Together
We are not supposed to be rugged individualists
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It Matters.
A stream-of-consciousness reaction to the current state of politics
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March 2024

How did I never notice this before?
Palms, expensive oils, jealousy, and incitement of violence in the Palm Sunday readings
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And now for something different...
Instead of words, how about some video?
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Be Not Afraid... (yeah, right)
I got a rare gift the other night. My high schoolers were both in a musical production, and my husband and 12-year-old went to see it. Because of family…
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If health care is a human right, how do we justify our system?
If you’ve been around here very long, you probably know I have a kid with Down syndrome. Shepherding my daughter to almost-adulthood has provided me…
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February 2024

Hope, seeing the good, and the value of keeping your mouth shut
Lessons from N.T. Wright's biography of St. Paul
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Congress, Trump, Democracy, and Faith
I wrote to my Congressman last week. It was… strongly-worded. I’ve been struggling lately with identifying the line between matters of faith that impact…
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A Word Without Meaning?
Pondering mercy on the cusp of Lent
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When truths contradict each other
Grappling with "both/and"
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