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Prison Walls
I didn’t think I’d ever numb again. I was finally awake, and I felt everything in a way that led to creativity. I felt alive for the first time in my life, and I had no intention of going back. But...
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I wanted to be somebody else Somebody gentle and kind From another place, another time But this is me — right here, right now Accepting the truth about who I am: A woman whose dreams are tinsel and...
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Living In Darkness
About a month ago, I was sitting in my office at work when I started to smell something burning. I was alone in the building and started walking around to see what could possibly be causing the...
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Women In the Evangelical Culture
Recently, my husband and I and one of our daughters were eating lunch at a restaurant when an older man walked up to our table and asked us if we like to smile. We, of course, said yes. He...
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A Eulogy For the Tree
It’s a little after dawn on an early-October morning as the cat and I sit on the front porch watching nature lose its lustre. The large tree that stands in front of my dining room palladian window...
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What A Dawes Concert And Song Of Solomon Have In Common
I began yesterday by reading from Song of Solomon, an often overlooked, little book of intense passion. I’ve read it many times before, but yesterday I was struck with questions I’d never pondered...
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The Front-Porch Question
My cornsilk hair clung to my face in the summer heat as I sat on the front porch talking to Daddy. It was probably a Saturday. That was the day Daddy practiced his Sunday sermons, and I was often...
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My Experience At A Pro-Choice March
Last Sunday evening, my youngest daughter and I took to the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. We arrived thirty minutes before the Pro-Choice march was set to begin, just as the Bernie Sanders rally...
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Places I Belong
Mark and I attended the Greek Food Festival in downtown Birmingham on Saturday. I knew it was hosted by the Greek Orthodox Church, but I didn’t realize it would be held on church property....
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Empty Pews On Easter Sunday
Churches around the world will be filled with empty pews on Easter Sunday morning, so I’m inviting you to experience Easter in a unique way this year. Since quitting church back in 2013, I’ve only...
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