A porch (or two) with a view
…of the main. For better or worse, we’re all stuck in this human brokenness together. As war and bitterness can touch one, it can touch all, even as peace and…
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On children and faith and smashing pots
…peace, he says, comes through the struggle. Meanwhile, Jeremiah that old Hebrew prophet, shares that one day he found himself knocking on the door of the local potter, which at…
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Creative freedom has its place
…time of diminishing humanities and liberal arts, rebuilding a culture of reading helps us better understand the human condition. It brings you a measure of peace and wellness. Social science…
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New hope not to become a moron
…no real message. But the Onion reports that protesters were visibly angry about things like war, peace, food, music, money, baseball, cars, the people following them around, siblings, animals, plants,…
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We’re Mennonite. Which way to Switzerland?
…sort of way.) So I note that Mennonites are a peace-loving bunch: people who got their start looking for Switzerland but got buffeted everywhere else to be burned at the…
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Memories of Yemen
…the mail.” One of the many wild items that crossed my desk while editing the Yemen Times. “Assalaam alaykum achree.” A common Arabic greeting meaning, ‘Peace be upon your brother.’…
“God is not a black woman.” Or is She?
…to bring us, like Mack, past our pains and fears into wholeness and peace and joy. Then I discovered that this hugely popular novel, with sales now somewhere around a…
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