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Stuff Happens
Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste, opens her book with the recollection of a old black and white photo of Germany in the 1930s, a rather famous photo taken at a Hamburg shipyard in 1936. The photo is of some hundred…
Read MoreInto the Valley of Despair
Bishop Michael Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, in his new book, Love is the Way[1], tells the story in the opening pages of a woman with a mission who became an integral part of their family. Michael’s…
Read MoreTouch me, Heal me
Anyone familiar with the 12-step recovery movement would recognize this introduction: “Hi, my name is Joe, and I’m a recovering QAnoner.” I case you’re wondering about QAnon; it is a loose collection of conspiracy beliefs centered around Donald Trump and…
Read MoreNot Knowing Left from Right
I remember when we lived in downtown Los Angeles, Jai and I were the dorm parents at what had been a boarding house, Dorcas House, next to the church. College-age women who were interns at the summer program and for…
Read MoreFaith and Habitations of the Mind
I remember as a young boy awaking one morning to a disagreement between Grandma and my brother who was then in the first grade. It seems she had been going over some of his science notes with him and he…
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