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Morning Thanks–a sermon

She interrupted my sermon. . .but then, I’m not a preacher.  I’m a teacher–or I was a teacher. When I stood before them in that little church

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Feast of St. Francis

There is a legend told in the “Little Flowers of St. Francis”—often referenced by its Italian name, “Fioretti”—of the town of Gubbio in Umbria in

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Debates

Has watching political debates become kind of like the old line about how people watch car races only in order to see the crashes?   The

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The Hobbit can Save us

Most nights my family goes through the same rituals –  the kids are herded up the stairs (which isn’t easy… they always have some excuse

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Click Here

I’m going to admit something that’s probably unfashionable for an English professor: I actually like Facebook. I’ve heard all the critiques—and understand and even agree

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