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Have You Hit the Wall?
Those who have run a marathon or read about it know that around the 19th or 20th mile your body uses up all its glycogen and must start using fat
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75 Things White People Can Do
Being Anglo in America is becoming an ever-more precarious identity, for good reason. The onus for change has shifted away from people of color as the “issue,” the “problem,” or
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The Last Word in our Lives
What with the extra-voluminous amount of postal traffic, Christmas cards and New Year’s greetings came late this year. Maybe you’re still getting yours. I just received my Mom’s. My father
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Insights from the Desert
After settling my middle daughter into her reduced-usage dorm space for the semester in Southern California last week, I got away to the desert. There’s a lot of it in
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Space To Talk
Never before have I needed to discuss what’s going on in our nation’s history like I do now. And never before has it been so difficult to do so. Let
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Star Words
There is a growing practice in my faith tradition that occurs on the Sunday of Epiphany. This is the Sunday in the church calendar when we remember the Wise Men,
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2020 Takeaways
I will be on vacation next week, so this is my last blog of 2020. And too much happened this year not to learn from it. So . . .
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When the #1 Item on your Christmas Wish List is Food on the Table
In an article today in the Washington Post entitled “Growing threat of hunger in a wealthy region is blunt example of economic inequality,” reporter Robert McCartney captures poignant snapshots of
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The Holidays Are Here: What’s Your Soundtrack?
What do your holiday celebrations say about your spin on life?
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What Good is Hope?
If there is any value-added from the holiday season we are entering, at least any that extends beyond the champagne glass on New Year’s Eve, the most likely candidate is