Killing Our Fears With Kindness

I’d refused to see the movie “Wonder.” Medical dramas make me cry. And this story, […]

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What Would Heather Do?

That’s the real question. After Charlottesville. After Neo-Nazi thugs. After KKK “patriots.” After white supremacists […]

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Doing Less for God

A poor man inspires this little story, one you’ve probably heard. It’s called the Mexican […]

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You Will Always Eat at My Table

Am I pretty enough? Handsome enough? Hip enough? Spiritual enough? Even for God? To find […]

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Keep Chasing Your Crazy and Impossible Big Dream

You’re too close to quit. You’re too smart to fail. But when you do, you […]

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Let’s Stop Living on Leftovers

I’m sitting in a church on Sunday morning after Thanksgiving. The pastor makes it clear […]

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It’s Never Too Late

To grind. To fight. To struggle. To run. To create. To fall. To get back […]

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Letting God Talk First

In Barcelona, husband Dan and I stand in a church with our mouths wide open. […]

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The Unkindness of Strangers

I finished my faith essay on an airplane, writing in the margins of magazine pages […]

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