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Last year when I watched Christopher Reeve (the actor who was severely paralyzed in a riding accident) on television, I was deeply moved. Although he sat...

Deadlines scream: “Change this diaper.” “Finish that paper.” “Fax this letter.” “Make that sale.” Gotta hurry. Get it done! Get it out!! Now!!! Their tyranny...

Anthropo—what? That’s a grown-up word if ever I heard one! I’m glad God doesn’t choose the sorts of words theologians do. God talks to us using terms we can...

Christopher Parkening plays the guitar like few people in this world are able. Whether on stage with the New York Philharmonic or in front of an audience of...

Tyler Law, age nine, strode in front of the gurney that was to take him to surgery for his cancerous arm. “Can I walk?” he had asked the orderly who came to...

Daddys don’t take delight in punishing their children. Or at least, most dads don’t. My father used to say it hurt him to smack my backside with a spoon as much as it hurt me (I strongly doubted that at the time). However...