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OPINION
A mother’s joy and passion for everyday miracles is a lasting gift
My 95-year-old mother is a genuine sweetheart. Even with advanced dementia, she has a spirit of selflessness and love that …
PERSPECTIVES
Sacred signs at the kitchen table
Lighting the Advent wreath each night for prayers before dinner has long been my family’s tradition. The flickering candlelight growing …
WORD OF FAITH
What shall we do? Rejoice!
Our continuing journey of Advent can seem so brief, and it is hard to imagine that in just over a …
OPINION
Advent: awaiting light in the winter darkness
I love the dark. Not the depressing, foreboding, frightening dark. I mean the creative dark that serves as messenger of insights; …
PERSPECTIVES
Glad I didn’t win the lottery
I bought a few tickets in the recent big lottery. Before the numbers were pulled, visions of sugarplums danced through …
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