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June 2013

June 04, 2013

“We’re All Bastards.”

It was the middle of the Bill Clinton impeachment hearings. My dearest friend in the...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Pentecost!

Pentecost was yesterday. My favorite Christian holy day. While it's not the shiniest, or the...

May 14, 2013

Mothers Deserve A Break

Mother's Day has just passed. Families around the United States gave their mothers flowers, beautiful...

May 11, 2013

There Are No Enemies

I've just read the amazing story of Martha Mullen, who arranged for the body of...

May 08, 2013

Coming Up For Air – New Book, New Job, More Writing.

It's been a while since I blogged. So I thought I'd do a quick update...

October 2012

October 01, 2012

Ashamed No More: A Review

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. However, it’s not so easy to take...

September 2012

September 04, 2012

Home Again

Child, child, have patience and belief, for life is many days, and each present hour...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Rape Babies Are a Gift from God

I know. It's a terribly tasteless title. But I've laughed all week at a comment...

August 16, 2012

Elvis Is Dead

...And I don't feel so good myself, as the late great Lewis Grizzard said. In...

August 06, 2012

Constrained By Your Own Parameters

Betsy Carter writes: It's easy to feel constrained by your own parameters. You look at...

August 03, 2012

Because The Bedpost Doesn’t Hurt

I heard this story around 9 There was a healer working on the back of...

August 02, 2012

Safe Space

One of the first steps of healing trauma seems to be telling your story. One...

July 2012

July 29, 2012

Never Too Late

trau·ma (trôm, trou-) n. pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-m-t) 1. A serious injury or shock...

July 24, 2012

AIDS in America

The Washington Post had a special section yesterday on AIDS in America. In an article...

July 14, 2012

Response to Trauma

I'm spending the weekend at a retreat learning how to respond to trauma. The process...

July 09, 2012

Turn Your Face Into the Breeze

The heat can make anyone grumpy. Not that it's difficult to make me crabby, but...

May 2012

May 08, 2012

Exclusion and Embrace

I'm stunned by the vote in North Carolina yesterday, a constitutional amendment that defines marriage...