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Two Poems on Easter

Easter Day Thou, whose sad heart, and weeping head lies low, Whose cloudy breast cold damps invade, Who never feels the Sun, nor smooths thy

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For Mary’s Sake

There are no earthquakes, no glowing angels (Matthew), no big stone doors magically rolled away (Mark), or dazzling heavenly pronouncements (Luke). And certainly no five-piece

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Jelly Doughnut

I didn’t go to church last weekend, but I think I took Communion. It happened in a motel lobby on a Monday morning with my

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Missing God

Our son, David, three years old at the time, was praying at bedtime. He asked God to bless his friends, then family, pets, and stuffed

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Sensitive Soldiers

My father served in the US Army during the Second World War and spent a good portion of his time in the desert area of

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The Morality of Wealth

About twelve years ago, Glenn Tinder asked in a landmark Atlantic Monthly article the vitally important question, “Can We Be Good without God”? He said

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