“Here We Are”: Simcha Fisher on the sacrifices you DIDN’T expect

February 21, 2013 By

this is great: These things are all sacrifices, and worthy ones.  But then my kids got older, and started to reveal that they were actual people, and not blank slates for me to write on, or duplicates of myself.  And I found myself face to face with a whole new kind of sacrifice:  sacrificing your [...]

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“How to Give Charitably, But More Charitably”

December 20, 2012 By

Simcha Fisher, for you last-minuters.

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Let’s play You Should Be Grateful

September 25, 2012 By

When Wilde extended a hand, he made no move to take it. “Prayer is the only thing that can console you in this place, prisoner. I trust you understand that. Prayer and a true spirit of repentance.” –Robert Reilly, The God of Mirrors (of which more later) There’s a way of saying true things so [...]

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“Much Ado About Vocations”

September 19, 2012 By

Simcha Fisher is making sense.

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