Category: Blog

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No Loitering

These last few days on The 12 it seems as if we’re in the middle of something of an intentional series here, thinking through various

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Labors of Conscience

A few weeks ago, the day after Pope Francis’ election, actually, a chaplain colleague and I greeted a troop of Girl Scouts in the children’s

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Me and Norman Bates

Hey, I’m no purist.  Maybe I should be–after all, I’ve been a classroom teacher for my whole life, an English teacher too.  I’ve every right

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Hawks and Doves

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be

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Women and God Talk

I remember when I first chose feminism. Or to put it in a more Calvinist light, I remember when feminism chose me. My Conversion It

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Inevitable Surprises

On Easter Monday I caught the first 20 minutes of The Diane Rhem Show on NPR in which Diane was interviewing the Pulitizer Prize-winning novelist

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Peace in the Valley

Over a year ago my son bought about 300 old record albums for $50 on Craigslist.  Being the parent in the equation, I asked the

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