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In Search of My Voice:  Oasis #2 - The Waiting

In Search of My Voice: Oasis #2 - The Waiting

The waiting is the hardest partEvery day you get one more yardYou take it on faith, you take it to the heartThe waiting is the hardest part   -       Tom...

In Search of My Voice: Oasis #2 - The Waiting

The waiting is the hardest partEvery day you get one more yardYou take it on faith, you take it to the heartThe waiting is the hardest part   -       Tom...

In Search of My Voice - Oasis #1

In Search of My Voice - Oasis #1

“We are born in debt, owing the world a death. This is the shadow that darkens every cradle.” - David J. Morris, The Evil Hours   The Call I was...

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In Search of My Voice - Oasis #1

“We are born in debt, owing the world a death. This is the shadow that darkens every cradle.” - David J. Morris, The Evil Hours   The Call I was...

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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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