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Poetry Friday: “The Fire Tower”
This summer is marked by smoke, our town covered in an urgent haze from nearby...
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As Petals Fall
“Why are you in the dirt?” he asked, trundling to where I crouched. “I’m pulling...
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Summer’s Heartbeat
On some summer nights, it seems the world is brighter, more visible in a quiet...
July 11, 2017
The Case For Charlie Gard
Charlie Gard, the English child you see here, will likely die—indeed, by the time this...
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Poetry Friday: “The Manifestation” by Richard Jones
I’m a poet and believer. If anyone should spend an evening gazing at a meteor...
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The Science and Sundayness of Play
This post was made possible through the support of a grant from The BioLogos Foundation’s...
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May 22, 2015
The Two Lists
Seven-year old Isaiah found a small desk in the back of our garage and claimed...
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In the Marrow of Depression and Anxiety
By the time you read this, I’ll be feeling much better. Therapy will have commenced,...
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Sugar, Sugar, Part 2: May 8, 2015
Continued from yesterday. When the editors of Good Letters first asked if they could rerun...
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Sugar, Sugar, Part 1: June 10, 2011
I’ve written before about my father’s alcoholism. From my adolescence until his death, I spent...
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April 23, 2015
Fever
By Dyana Herron When well, it’s easy to forget how utterly miserable it feels to...
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All Unhappy Families Are Alike
In commenting on my latest essay for “Good Letters,” a man “disabled from an odd...
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August 22, 2014
How to Talk to the Dying
Since being diagnosed nearly seven years ago with a lethal cancer, I have backed my...
August 21, 2014
The Gift of Gravy Days
Well, I’ve reached my three score and ten years. It must sound positively ancient to...
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Guest Post By David P. Clark, M.D. On the day I graduated from medical school...
April 08, 2013
More Poetry of Married Love
In a previous post, I used Richard Wilbur’s poem “for C” to talk about my...
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Can I Offer Up My Suffering?
“Pain is an evil, suffering is an evil. We mustn’t desire it. We don’t desire...
March 05, 2013
Will a Migraine Make Me Holy?
In her collection The White Album, published in 1979, Joan Didion has an essay called...
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Namaste Neighborhood Yoga Studio
My local yoga studio just closed. I’ve known the day was coming, as much as...
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A Psalm for Surgery
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What I’ve Been Given
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