This morning, you come downstairs to find me. You greet me in that sunny voice with which you always bless the beginning of my days. Then you slump on the couch beside me. Your youthful…
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I admit that I counted my proverbial chickens. Once the distribution of the COVID vaccine was well underway in the U.S., I thought the pandemic would soon be over here. Bursting with optimism, I changed…
Your phone rings in the middle of the night. As you reach blindly to answer, do you fear that someone you love has been in an accident? Has suddenly died? For a time, early in...
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Are we willing to find room at the Great Table for the entire human family, even for those we’d rather turn away? Are we prepared to make room for one another? This dream suggests an answer.
Last week’s post about my red “I am part of Everybody” coat prompts an amazing response from around the world.
A mishap on top of a Mayan ruins leads to lifelong friendship. Asking for help, like offering it, helps make us US.
Some of the signatures on my coat. I had a great time, speaking the last two days in Omaha, Nebraska. Three speeches in less than 24 hours–whew! One of the highlights involved my red coat….
Last night I received the 14th annual Dorothy and Eugene T. Butler Human Rights Award from the city of Brookings, South Dakota. In accepting the award, I commended the city for publicly affirming the importance…
This past August, as my thoughts started to poke like a stick at the disagreeable notion of “winter to come,” I resolved to invest for the first time in an expensive winter coat. I told…
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