When 2020 started, I thought it was going to be my year. Everything was lining up perfectly: I’d ride out the first few months of the year in a job I didn’t...
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How good is your Hebrew? Never mind: Even linguists find it tough to translate the word for what Eve means to Adam. That’s as it should be. What men and women...
I am a descendant of French Canadian, English, and Italian immigrants. My ancestors came to the United States by boat, by train, and on horseback in search of...
El cangrejo espera debajo de la piedra plana donde se muele el maíz para la bebida tradicional, chicheme. Si los cangrejos se confunden, supongo que esta es...
The future of policing can be found in Camden, New Jersey, a small, largely impoverished city with 70,000 residents. Camden is a city with a reputation for a...
Readings (Year B) Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-91 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Reflection: Christian unity This past August, a colleague and I...
A devil’s bargain: This is when one exchanges one’s soul for worldly benefits. It’s more common than you think. For many, a devil’s bargain comes...
Just one month after a rather challenging birth, my husband, a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, deployed to Djibouti, Africa. Four months into single...
There is a lot of blood. Blood on the concrete next to the car. Blood on the chunk of concrete used to bludgeon his head. Blood on the cloth covering his body...
There are plenty of things in this life that I am not known for—two of those being crying and running. Yet there I was on my third lap, tears melting down my...
