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Seeing

The Toad Our home, like so many Midwestern houses, has a basement. It’s where Stacey and I have an office. My desk faces an exterior

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A Word to Gatekeepers

Alice Walker’s short story “The Welcome Table” introduces an old, poor Black woman in the South, who, one Sunday, decides to worship at the church

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Prayer in the Desert Times

Scriptural Foundation When the Prophet Elijah flees from Jezebel after a bit of a triumph in his ministry, he winds up in a cave at

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The Lodi Bus: A Memoir

The Lodi bus was the oldest bus in the Eastern Christian School Association fleet. We knew our lowly status just from riding that bus. The

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Sport and Religion

During basketball season, I attended a Rutgers University men’s basketball game. Perhaps now that Rutgers is a member of the Big 10 conference, bombastic openings

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