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Becoming Unbroken

Becoming Unbroken

“We live in a sick society, Carl…one way or another, all of us are broken.” In recent conversation with a clinical psychotherapist, something I said led him to make this...

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Becoming Unbroken

“We live in a sick society, Carl…one way or another, all of us are broken.” In recent conversation with a clinical psychotherapist, something I said led him to make this...

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The Mother I Never Knew

A photograph can capture a moment that forever changes the trajectory of one’s legacy.  Sitting on the edge of my mother’s bed, in a small apartment in the Michigan town...

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The Mother I Never Knew

A photograph can capture a moment that forever changes the trajectory of one’s legacy.  Sitting on the edge of my mother’s bed, in a small apartment in the Michigan town...

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LENT: Please forgive my mess

A week ago – on Ash Wednesday – my wife accompanied me to a late-afternoon service at our church.  (Those of you who know us personally know that she is...

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LENT: Please forgive my mess

A week ago – on Ash Wednesday – my wife accompanied me to a late-afternoon service at our church.  (Those of you who know us personally know that she is...

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Reflections of My Father

Reflections of My Father

How do I ever explain the enigma that was my father…?  He taught me many things…a few stayed learned.  Among them was to love fiercely, if unwisely; to respect nature...

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Reflections of My Father

How do I ever explain the enigma that was my father…?  He taught me many things…a few stayed learned.  Among them was to love fiercely, if unwisely; to respect nature...

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Faith:  A House Abandoned...a Lenten reflection

Faith: A House Abandoned...a Lenten reflection

And yet…nothing less than courage, perseverance and tenacious faith will suffice to sustain our hope of salvation.  We are those broken-down houses, lacking love and hopes…our faith battered and bruised...

Faith: A House Abandoned...a Lenten reflection

And yet…nothing less than courage, perseverance and tenacious faith will suffice to sustain our hope of salvation.  We are those broken-down houses, lacking love and hopes…our faith battered and bruised...

A Strange World

"Truth is stranger than fiction." I say those words often when describing my chosen genre (historic fiction) to would-be buyers of my books at local book signings.  While a bit...

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A Strange World

"Truth is stranger than fiction." I say those words often when describing my chosen genre (historic fiction) to would-be buyers of my books at local book signings.  While a bit...

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