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I notice faults in folks, faults that I have forgotten I possessed myself. I am quick to judge, unwilling to forgive, particularly when the sin is a sin

If Mama got to cooking and found herself in want of a cup a flour or a cup of sugar, she would place a measuring cup in my

On my first day back to the office after four-and-a-half months of working from home due to the pandemic, I wore my most comfortable work-appropriate shoes. They weren’t

“Damn dam,” Mom would say every time someone mentioned the Whitney Dam. Mom was my grandmother. Back in the 1950s, the dam had flooded her homeland, an area

I believe that King's use of Isaiah 40 is far more than the rhetorical flourish of a Baptist preacher. That Messianic prophecy of valleys being raised and mountains

When the rugs of ritual and routine get pulled and ripped from under our feet, when what we thought we could depend on isn’t reliable, when what was

“Love the sinner, but hate the sin” is right up there with “everything happens for a reason,” and “he/she is in a better place now” when it comes

According to USA Today, most new year’s resolutions fail by January 17. As hectic schedules barge in to sabotage idealized morning routines, that mid-January slump can be a

Jacob dreamed of a ladder that stretched from earth to heaven. I’ve been dreaming of a spiral staircase that goes from the main floor to the attic. Years

“Do yourself a favor and take two Advil before you get there,” a friend said. And I laughed, even though it wasn’t funny. Sometimes I laugh to keep