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September 2012

September 11, 2012

Q & A with author Michael Morris

So who does Pat Conroy read when he’s in the mood for a...

September 09, 2012

Rebuking the Powers of Cancer

We were sitting outside a drugstore. My sister-in-law was inside, picking up a couple of...

September 07, 2012

Solidarity with the Grandchildren

When his sister got married a couple of years ago, Stephan walked his Hero Mama...

September 05, 2012

The Problem with Talk Radio

Not that I'm a genius or anything close to it but I have stumbled...

September 04, 2012

In Search of Restoration

I arrived home from Seattle on Saturday. It had been an eventful last week of...

September 03, 2012

A Humble Man

When Neil Armstrong died much was made of that awe-inspiring walk he took on the...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Git it Over With, Pleeeasseee…

Students have come to expect it from me, and I will not disappoint. Yes,...

August 30, 2012

The Veterans & the Nurse

It's the veterans she served as a nurse that Mama remembers best. Bruce. Homer. Mike....

August 29, 2012

A Sermon of Silence

Mama was engaged to a man after Daddy died. He was a nice enough...

August 28, 2012

Perhaps you can relate?

Mama likes to talk. This is a random and new thing for her. Unlike my...

August 28, 2012

The Taste of God

These words kick-started my day: "I hold the heady doctrine that no pleasures are so...

August 27, 2012

Reluctant Consumers

Have you ever noticed that the dying are far more discerning about how they spend...

August 24, 2012

Harry’s Tinky-Winky Sparks Public Debate

We can all agree that Prince Harry is a wild card. A good boy with...

August 23, 2012

J-Lo & George W. Bush Weirdness

I got nothing. Nothing to add to the debate about Rep. Todd Akin and "legitimate...

August 22, 2012

Briefly

Taking Care of Mama 8.22.12 You buy the plane ticket To come see me You...

August 20, 2012

Feeling Insignificant

Mama took the doctors best prognosis in typical Mama fashion. She looked straight at them...

August 18, 2012

Root Little Pig

The blinds drawn, lights off, I leaned over Mama's hospital bed and rubbed her...

August 16, 2012

Facing the Haint of Death

“This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year,...

August 15, 2012

The Healing of the Dying

A watercolor of Scottish man in a kilt playing the fiddle took the Judge's Choice...

August 14, 2012

How does your tumor grow?

A friend once told me how difficult it was for her to adjust to the...

August 13, 2012

Wonders of the Brokenhearted

The argument over health care is politically-charged and I have nothing much to add...

August 12, 2012

A Biscuit & Black Coffee Run

Mama is sitting at the edge of her bed eating a biscuit with jam and...

August 11, 2012

As women gather

A week ago I was in a hospital in Spokane, Washington celebrating the birth of...

August 09, 2012

The God Who Sees Sarah Thebarge

There are faith-communities that still forbid women from preaching. I grew up in a community...

August 08, 2012

RomneyHood & Obamaloney

So Obama coins the term Romney-Hood and Romney retaliates with Obamaloney. Geeish. And these men...

August 07, 2012

The Kid: Ten Reasons not to vote for Obama

I haven't had much to say about this upcoming election. The shortlist leaves much...

August 06, 2012

Little Dark Eye

His mother was sleeping, oh so briefly, as new moms do. I reached for...

August 02, 2012

Breast Pumps & the Fear of the Lord

I think a lot about words, how we use them and how prevalent certain words...

August 01, 2012

Bubba Boy’s Birthday

Thirty-three years ago today, I drank a bottle of Castor oil and got sicker than...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Jonah Lehrer: A little too much Imagination

I understand the temptation. It is so much easier to make stuff up than to...

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