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March 2018

March 12, 2018
I am re-posting a piece I wrote almost five years ago, because, despite the passage...

February 2018

February 22, 2018
by Wendy Murray Shortly after my (spontaneous) conversion at the age of 16, I went...
February 16, 2018
By Wendy Murray Fred "Mister" Rogers died 15 years ago this month. I always think...

December 2017

December 20, 2017
by Wendy Murray Once I pondered if I believed in "Christmas magic." My primary impulse...
December 18, 2017
by Wendy Murray A disastrous event that took place in Bethlehem related to Jesus’ birth...
December 11, 2017
In the magic of the Christmas story, let’s not forget the one who paid the...
December 06, 2017
Where Did “Christmas” Come From? Christmas is typically associated with the birth of Jesus, a...

November 2017

November 19, 2017
Thanksgiving approaches and we ponder giving thanks, it seems an appropriate time to reflect upon...

October 2017

October 31, 2017
Three centuries before Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the church door at Wittenberg,...
October 07, 2017
My father died 22 years ago on this day. I am within 10 years of...
October 06, 2017
In times such as those in which we live -- a time of an unrelenting...
October 04, 2017
Today is the Feast Day of Saint Francis, which in the Catholic tradition, is the...

September 2017

September 20, 2017
In an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics  the authors present the argument, on ethical...
September 18, 2017
Famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri died this month almost 700 years ago, in 1321 (aged...
September 11, 2017
By Wendy Murray A Brit who took on the BBC and their staged reporting of...
September 11, 2017
I was writing a book, titled Facing Forward, in September 2001, a memoir related to the...
September 06, 2017
For a knight -- picture Ragnar Lothbrook -- no greater humiliation befalls him than to...

July 2017

July 20, 2017
by Wendy Murray I have been saying for a long time that Christians who devote...
July 06, 2017
Thirty years ago this month a 92-year-old man died and I've never forgotten him. His...

June 2017

June 23, 2017
In sixth century Ireland approximately one third of the population were poets. As Saint Patrick...
June 07, 2017
When I was young -- meaning inexperienced, myopic and shallow -- I remember passing a...
June 05, 2017
As a member of a coterie of journalists who cover religion, I have been confounded...

May 2017

May 25, 2017
The main point I have wanted to make in this series of posts related to...
May 18, 2017
In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, I have been posting about the long and...
May 15, 2017
by Wendy Murray In keeping with my posts this month -- Mental Health Awareness month...
May 11, 2017
(This series about antidepressants is posted during Mental Health Awareness month.) For some, the attempt...
May 08, 2017
Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, I am highlighting my experience with taking antidepressants...
May 05, 2017
Today is the birthday of the Danish Christian philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard (May 5, 1813 to – November,...
May 03, 2017
Continuing my series, this Mental Health Awareness month, about my journey to quit antidepressants, this...
May 01, 2017
The month of May is Mental Health Awareness month and thus is it a good...
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