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Our destination is a landscape anomaly. A rift in time. A bit of rocky relief poking through a landscape of…

I always relish the turn to autumn each year--it has remained my favorite season unabated through half a century. And…

We’re saying “No more dogs.” It's hard to think that this aspect of my life is over.

He stood in my study at church, scanning my bookshelves. Suddenly he turned to me, pointed to a whole section…

I recognized that I wouldn’t be able to hide my grief from my children, so I made a decision to…

I’ve been both giddy and annoyed recently by the way that “story” has been trending in the public sphere. We…

Caring is complicated. Which means parenting is complicated. And friendship is complicated. And working in care-giving jobs is complicated. What…

I’ve been thinking a lot about truth-telling lately.I’m working on a presentation for a preaching conference next month. I’ve titled…

For some, the relationship between faith and American citizenship is quite simple: there’s no tension at all. To be an…

The New York Times has been, one suspects, doing very well these days through its Games/Puzzle division.  Of course for…