How It Ends: Sister Emily Cooper, Graduations, and Graves
About two years ago, my wife and I mounted a six foot long white board on our office wall. We
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baptismal covenant
Saint Gregory the Great: Steward to the Property of the Poor
I totally took advantage of being the older brother. My desire for more drove my selfishness.
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Parenting, Saints
Saying Yes to Bearing God in the World
Isn’t it the fundamental call of all Christians to take on the role of God-bearer?
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Faithful Voters
We are inching ever-closer to the “first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month of November,” and whether you live in one of the five states that vote by post, plan to early vote, or are an enthusiastic wait-in-line, sticker-wearing, day-of participant, our most notorious opportunity for civic engagement is upon us.
Front Yard People
Our family has decided that we are #frontyardpeople. We are a family who deliberately spends time in our front yard
Striving for Justice and Peace by Putting One Foot in Front of the Other
Fifty-four years ago, my father-in-law set out to walk 220 miles from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi. Even though the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had passed less than a year earlier, a stronghold of fear still gripped African American voters, especially in the South.
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The Scholl siblings’ faithful courage to do what’s right
The story of Hans and Sophie Scholl is a powerful story of faith and courage.
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Michael Sings, “I Am the Warrior.” Can I?
The New Testament names two angels: Gabriel and Michael. Michael has had greater historical devotion, thus today’s feast “Michaelmas” or
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Growing into the Full Stature of Christ at Summer Camp
A few years ago, I wrote this before sending my oldest child off to summer camp. After sending him for
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