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The Two-Minute Vacation

My times are in thy hand. —Psalm 31:15 (KJV) I stopped at the foot of the stairs and…

The Turtles of Topsail Island

My brother, Richard, saw it first. “Jean!” he shouted, running up toward our little vacation beach house. “There’s…

The Truth About Christmas

“Oh Mom, you’re not going to stop, are you?” comes a voice from behind me. I look to…

The Traffic Jam That Changed Our Lives

It was more than 60 years ago that I climbed into a yellow cab in New York to…

The Thin Space Between Earth and Heaven

I’d vaguely heard of “thin places” that first time I visited Assisi: spots where the mysterious membrane between…

The Sweet with the Bitter

I was a bit off-kilter over the weekend, since I got word late last week that my uncle…

The Surprising Spiritual Benefit of a Social Media Vacation

Uninstall. Uninstall. Uninstall. With each click I removed a social media application from my phone. I had decided…

The Story of My Life

They left me in the dark little room and closed the door. I tried to keep clam, to…

The Statue That Restored My Faith

I was trying to pray when it happened. Desperately. Dark feelings I’d been holding back for days like…

The Spiritual Rewards of Caregiving

“There are only four kinds of people in the world,” former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has said. “Those…

The Soul Survivors

Welcome, U.S. Army 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Division. I stared at the sign outside the reception. For…

The Soul of an Artist: A Teacher Inspires a Lawyer to Pursue His Passion

From the outside, things looked okay. I had a nice apartment, good friends, a longstanding job as a…

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