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Getting into prison

A friend here in Nashville is helping to plant a church in a nearby state prison, and recently got approval to start having outsiders come

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Small Things

Since he moved there in November I have visited my dad in the rest home every week, usually on Sunday afternoons. As my mom and

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Memorials and Memories

He was, in a way, both a large part and a small part of the Allied Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944–a small part because

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Home on Ascension Day

In the book Letter to my Daughter, a collection of 28 short essays, the great poet, activist, and human being Maya Angelou writes in one

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Leaf

I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor. – Dorothy Day “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty

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Mysteries

According to CNN, the satellite data related to the missing Malaysian airliner is to be released today in a 50-page document.  The media, family members,

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American Cheese

Due to the subtleties of the calendar, I always get Memorial Day on The 12.  I have posted solemn Memorial Day reflections in the past

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Remembering the Great War

This year being the centennial of the outbreak of World War I, I’m going to be posting reflections from time to time about books new

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The In-Between Spaces

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:35 A former colleague once told me

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